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KIDS KNOW LOTS ABOUT CRIME! Criminologist left flabbergasted at the amount they want to know

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phenomenon of child sexual abuse, numbers of which are city criminologist who continually spiking because recently completed his there is so little awareness of studies in the UK has how to handle such crimes. Criminologist Snehil S. found himself shocked at the level of exposure to crime Dhall recently held a seminar children display in Mumbai. at Siddharth Nagar Municipal This is the reverse side of the School in Goregaon (West),

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which was attended by school children and officers of the Mumbai Police. During the course of the discussions, several disturbing facts surfaced when children asked for solutions to handling instances of Continued on pg 7 «

Kya dekhta hai? HarassMap reports that women are continually harassed by the staring that comes their way By Shwetha Kannan

Shifting to the MHADA premises before Diwali? Best of luck! But in case if you find that out of budget, keep this option open.

arassMap Mumbai, the online platform where Mumbaikars can register complaints about harassment and report unsafe places in the city, is still to take off since it was started in July 18, 2012. Howsoever, its statistics reveal that cases are being increasingly reported, with “visual harassment” being the largest number. Since its inception, 62 cases of visual harassment have being reported on the site, with verbal ha-

You can log on www.standupagainstviole nce.org to know more about different forms of harrasments and their means of redressal. rassment the next highest number (43), followed by physical harassment (37) and stalking (22). Under visual harassment, staring seems to be the most common method of harassment about Continued on pg 7 «

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Do you think the government’s decision to bar private radio channels from broadcasting news is justified? Neha Shinde PR executive NO. While listening to music on radio, if we get news then what’s wrong in that? It is certainly not justified. Shreedhar Chavan Businessman YES. The government channels give us the verified and detailed news, so only they should have the right to broadcast it, and definitely not other private channels. Hardik Tanna Interior designer NO. If we are getting updates and news on private radio channels its better for us as the youth today listens more to private radio channels.

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Following ADC report, varsity decides to let female employees leave by 6.30 pm

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By Yatin Ingle

fter the ADC published a story highlighting the issue of female employees being made to sit back and work later than their usual timings, the varsity has declared that it will soon issue a circular stipulating that female staff be relieved on time. On Friday, October 18, the ADC carried a story regarding women at the varsity being held up at work till late evening, past 7 pm, for the completion of examination and administration work. Considering the increasing number of crimes against women, the senate members had demanded that the varsity allow its female employees to leave by 6:30 pm. The issue was taken up by Neelima Bhurke, a senate member, who said, “It’s unsafe for women to travel back home late in the evening. How could the varsity ignore the increasing number of crimes against the women? If an untoward incident takes place, who can we hold responsible? The varsity should let its female employees leave well before time rather than tell them to wait back.” Last year, three female employees of MU had alleged that they

had been molested by two male employees of the varsity. The accused were later suspended and handed over to the cops. Dr. Naresh Chandra, Pro ViceChancellor, MU, responded, “We

have stated that female employees will be relieved as early as possible. Their exit time cannot be fixed as things like declaration of results, or various important administrative works of the varsity, require that

employees stay back. Keeping in mind the safety of our female employees, the process of declaration of the relieving time is not yet finalized, but the MU will do so soon.”

Indian scientists discover youngest supernova remnant in our galaxy By A Staff Reporter

can be discovered if done at optimum resolution and sensitivity with GMRT.” The research work has been published in the September 2013 issue of the Astrophysical Journal, brought out by the American Astronomical Society.

young supernova remnant, a new and one of the youngest within our galaxy has been discovered using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) near Pune by two young scientists, Dr. Subhashis Roy of National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune and Dr. Sabyasachi Pal of Indian Centre for Space Physics, Kolkata. They were able to discover the small-sized supernova remnant in our galaxy near the centre using the GMRT, due to its superior resolution and sensitivity. This was a prize catch during their search programme to look for new supernova remnants towards the centre of our galaxy. According to Roy, “Established theories of formation and evolution of stars in our galaxy predict that one star dies due to supernova explosions once every 35 years. Stars which are much heavier than our Sun die by the phenomenon know as Supernova Explosion. Such explosions can be seen by the naked eye or with small telescopes for first few days and fade rapidly thereafter. Subsequently, they start emitting in the radio frequency band, and the radiation originates from the high-speed ejecta, expanding in a shell-like structure,

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Image of the new Supernova remnant discovered with Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope. with a speed of thousands of kilometers per second. Such shells will be of smaller size for new supernova remnants and will eventually fade away for very old ones.” Dr. Pal said, “About thousand supernova remnants are expected to exist in our galaxy, but only about 270 are discovered so far. In the last 400 years, about a dozen supernovas should have taken place, but only two of them have been discovered till date. Various groups across the world are trying to find more supernova remnants. A major rea-

son for not discovering the expected number of supernova remnants is the lack of telescopes which can search with better sensitivity and resolution. The GMRT makes this possible.” He further added, “Detailed age analysis suggested that this supernova should have occurred very recently, not older than a few hundred years ago, making it one of the youngest supernova remnants discovered with GMRT. This rare discovery raises hopes that in future more supernova remnants

blindingly bright star bursts into view in a corner of the night sky — it wasn’t there just a few hours ago, but now it burns like a beacon. That bright star isn’t actually a star, at least not anymore. The brilliant point of light is the explosion of a star that has reached the end of its life, otherwise known as a supernova. Supernovas can briefly outshine entire galaxies and radiate more energy than our sun will in its entire lifetime. They’re also the primary source of heavy elements in the universe. On average, a supernova will occur about once every 50 years in a galaxy the size of the Milky Way. Put another way, a star explodes every second or so somewhere in the universe.

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HEN talking to a man one considers a war hero, the last in a line of questions covering the Indian Army is inevitable, and so we asked it of Major General Ian Cardozo, a hero in the Battle of Sylhet, 1971, Chairman, Rehabilitation Council of India, vicepresident, War Wounded Foundation, first disabled commander of a battalion in that august institution. What did he think of the fall-out of the unseemly battle between the Government and the former Chief of Staff V.K. Singh in what is becoming a highly politicized arena? Till then, the interview is going along swimmingly. General Cardozo is literally a well-spring of stories and information. In his late seventies, he is trim, energetic and smart. Nowhere, in his gait, in his ease with himself, is it evident that this is a man who has lost a leg and hasn’t let this slow him down a jot. More important, you can see his enormous zest for life and the warmth of the memories that he shares readily with you. But now a hint of frost enters the atmosphere. He picks his words carefully and makes it plain he would like to see you take them down before he is quoted. We did. “The Indian Army is the third largest in the world. It is one of the most respected in the country because of a Code of Conduct. You can call it the warrior’s code. Unfortunately, these days it is in the news for the wrong reasons because some of us have forgotten the roots and traditions of this Code of Conduct. Today, the fabric of society is corroded. From the same cloth, we have to cut a political kurta, a bureaucrat’s coat and an officer’s uniform. Therefore, some of this corrosion may seem to have seeped into the Defense Forces. However, we have a system by which people who don’t follow the Code are punished swiftly, much faster than happens in the law and justice, crime and punishment framework of the country.” Bug out, he was saying, so we did. After all, this is a man who was sitting in the United Services library in Delhi’s Subroto Park, doing some research for a book he was writing, when there was a call from the PMO. “Would he consider being chairman of the RCI, he was asked. The prime minister would like to know. “I’ll ask my wife”, he replied, but he took

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LIFE’S HERO Major General Ian Cardozo’s story still has resonance for everyone who likes war tales. And who does not! Here he talks to Carol Andrade about the war that cost him a leg, but even more of what it drove him to achieve – his own battalion command. Memorably he told a senior officer, “What I cannot do lies in the hands of my senior officers.”

that the 4th battalion launched what was possibly the last khukri attack in the world. Then the first heli-borne operation was launched to capture an airfield in Sylhet. “We were a reduced battalion of 484 troops (normal strength around 1,000) and we were told there was a Pakistani garrison of 200 to 300 at Sylhet. It turned out that there was not one brigade but two! We fought for nine days with little food, no water. We were straining muddy water to drink, foraging for raw rice to eat. The casualties were high. From December 7 to December 15 the battle raged. Then the Pakistanis came to us with a white flag, wanting to surrender.” The re-telling of the story makes it all sound hilarious. Apparently, it was a mistake on the part of the BBC that probably triggered off the sequence of events that ended in the white flag. On December 9, the BBC reported that a Brigade the job. There’s no money in it but he considers himself a government servant! In Mumbai for the launch of eminent author George Menezes’ new book, The Naked Liberal, Ian Cardozo is that old-fashioned thing – a war hero who would rather not talk about his exploits. Because he could never understand what the fuss was about. A gold and a silver medalist from Khadakvasla, a feat duplicated only once more since he did it in 1954, he was part of the 4th battalion of the 5th Gurkha regiment during the Bangladesh war in December 1971, when he4 left his leg behind, carefully buried of course. The details make a wonderful story that he has told in the past. “We started off with 18 officers. In 13 days, four were killed, seven were wounded. We were in the thick of it. A Pakistani battalion was captured without supporting artillery fire. Subsequently, we went after another objective and it was then

of Gurkhas had landed in Sylhet. This was the same day that the INS Khukri was sunk, tragically taking most of the men on board and the captain down. The Pakistanis had already had a taste of the 4th battalion’s khukris. “We heard the broadcast as well,” says Cardozo, “and decided to bluff by dispersing so that it looked as if we were spread over a larger area. Luckily it worked, because dispersing meant we were thinner on the ground and more at risk. But the Pakistanis came with their flag on December 15 and said, ‘Call your brigade commander.’ We couldn’t, because he wasn’t there! So we said, ‘Come tomorrow. Our commander says he has no orders to accept’. They came the next day. So did our brigade commander in a helicopter. And the Pakistanis who saw this, finally realized how under strength we were!” On their part, says Cardozo, the 4th was also shocked – that they were fighting not a battalion but two brigades, which means 7,000 soldiers. The second brigade was supposed to have been moved out of Dhaka and was not, so both sides were equally surprised, but of course for the Indians it was a pleasant surprise. At this point, the world changed for Ian Cardozo. “For the first time, we had a huge strength of prisoners of war who had been allowed to keep their arms. Why? Because there was a danger that the Mukti Bahini would murder them otherwise.” But 7,000 armed POWs made the BSF platoon commander in charge of them nervous and Cardozo volunteered to go over and give him moral support. It was a distance of around a kilometer through an area heavily seeded with mines. He stepped on one and blew his leg off. There was no MI room, no morphine, no pethidine, Continued on pg 8 «

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run our sports bodies is exemplified by the way the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is asking the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to do away with tainted political representation and avoid repeating the same faces for years.

Stormy Petrel HIS rise on the political horizon, that too in a party like the Shiv Sena, if of the kind of rags-to-riches flicks beloved of Bollywood. But today senior Sena leader Manohar Joshi stands a lonely figure caught in the eye of a political storm of his own making. His rival party friends, like NCP chief Sharad

Pawar, have mere token words of sympathy and nothing more. Even the former Shiv Sainiks who left the party like Chhagan Bhujbal and Narayan Rane have no sympathy for the man they love to hate. Not to speak of the old guard or whatever of it is left in the Sena today. It is not that Joshi has not had his brush with controversies during his checkered political career. The Sena grapevine has it that Joshi was amongst those who were supposed to have defected to the Congress along with Bhujbal in 1991, only to remain back and years later outfox his own nephew Sudhir Joshi to the post of chief minister in 1995. During his tenure, the late Bal Thack-

eray put him in his place after Joshi tried to put his foot down on Enron’s Rebecca Marks when she chose to meet Thackeray senior instead of him. Thereafter, at the end of his tenure, Thackeray senior told him to put his papers directly to the Governor with a stern admonishment that he would not be called back. Often accused of resorting to short-cut measures to pocket coveted posts, his critics argue that Joshi this time bit off more than he could possibly chew. Sources say that even his son and family members are not happy at the timing of his outbursts against Sena president Uddhav Thackeray. His options outside the party are limited anyway.Conversely, the Sena’s treatment of Joshi with utter disdain has had its own negative impact. The Sena has already lost Anand Paranjape, a Bramhin face, to the NCP. The public humiliation of Joshi, another Bramhin face, could mean losing the Bramhin vote bank in the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections to follow next year.

For Pawar, it’s a breeze IN the run-up to the 1995 assembly elections, Gopinath Munde took on Sharad Pawar, thus catapulting the Shiv Sena-BJP to power. This time around his arch rival in his own party, Nitin Gadkari has chosen to hob-nob with

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SIMHASAN Prashant Hamine | ADC graduation. That may sound funny. But the crux of the battle is not just personal, it is also political. For Munde it looks more personal after the NCP drove a wedge in his clan by weaning away his nephew Dhananjay. and the political and electoral supremacy he has lost in his native Beed district. Over the years the NCP has chipped away at the support base of Munde, weaning away most of his trusted aides one by one, leaving Munde and his daughter Pankaja alone to lead the battle against a formidable alliance comprising some of their own folks. Everybody has been guilty of politicizing the sports arena these days, with sportsmen taking to licking their self-inflicted wounds interested in positioning himself borne out of their inability to lead to take on current BCCI boss N sporting bodies. In the pre-liberalisation days you had more officials Srinivasan at a latter stage. For Pawar, who has seen it all than sportsmen at major sporting from BCCI to ICC, it is like taking a events like the Olympics. The jury fresh guard at the crease. For him is still out there debating whether it looks more like applying for the entry of politicians in sports is deSSC exams after having cleared his sirable or not. But the way we have Pawar at a time when Munde was squaring off for the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) turf war. Matters were made worse for Munde as Pawar parlayed with Manohar Joshi and friends within the BJP-Sena alliance, ensuring little leeway for Munde to maneuver. Insiders reveal that Pawar is more

Bhendi Bazar project gets govt nod By A Staff Reporter

The project had been awaiting clearances, especially under the 33(9) Develhe ambitious project of redeveloping opment Control Regulation, which Bhendi Bazar, a congested commer- necessitates a developer to purchase 100 cial and residential locality in the heart per cent property, without which they of the city, is expected to begin in the first cannot carry out redevelopment. Bhendi quarter of 2014, the trust tasked with im- Bazar in South Mumbai spans across some 16.5 acres. SBUT, which conceived plementation of the project has said. "The project, conceived in 2009, was the plan, has so far managed to purchase stuck pending some clearances. But 85 per cent of the properties but is unnow we have received the approval from able to get the remainder due to "unreathe government to start construction. sonable" demands of the landlords. "However, considering the imporWe will commence work sometime between January and March next year," tance and magnitude of the project, the Saifee Bhurani Upliftment Trust (SBUT) Maharashtra Government has allowed Secretary Sheikh Abdeali Bhanpurawala us to go ahead with construction," Bhanpurawala said. told PTI.

The project will be developed in a phased manner and have nine clusters, with two-three towers in each cluster, Bhanpurawala said. "This project will create an urban living space with the most modern infrastructure and amenities."He said unlike other redevelopment plans in the metropolis, this will have 80 per cent of the land for the project-affected/rehabilitation, and the rest will be available to be sold in open market. "The project will house 17 buildings with 12 reserved for rehabilitating the existing tenants, while four buildings will be available for sale in open market. The remaining one building will be reserved for the state housing body Mhada. HONOURED: At the launch of ‘The Naked Liberal’, a book by eminent author George Menzes, on Saturday. (Left to right) Retired Major General Ian Cardozo, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, George Menezes and volunteer traffic warden Anita Lobo. Both Cardozo and Lobo were specially felicitated at the function, the one for his work in the area of the disabled, the other for her volunteer work in community efforts.

JUST the other day a friend, Uday Tanpathak was in Hamburg hotel. Upon entering the hotel he and his colleague found young and old having a frugal meal. Hungry as they were, they ordered a heavy meal. To which they did full justice. Just as they were leaving, an old lady at one of the tables spoke to our friend in English, protesting at the left-overs on the plates. As our friend tried to argue that he had paid for it, the old lady rang up a number. Within minutes an inspector from the social security branch arrived. Looking at the scene that transpired before him the officer in a stern voice told them to order what they could consume. “The money may be yours, but the resources belong to society. There are many others in the world who are facing shortage of resources you have no reason to waste resources”, said the officer. Then he slapped a 50 Euro fine on them! And we in our country really do not bother about the wastage of food at functions, parties and weddings. Our government too is more concerned in dealing with the problem with the Food Security Act rather than enacting such laws that prevent wastage of food and plug loopholes in the food storage and distribution system.

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DEEMED CONVEYANCE PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the above Society has applied to this office for declaration of Deemed Conveyance of the following properties. The next hearing is kept on 25/10/2013 at 2.30 p.m. Those who have interest in the said property may submit their say at the time of hearing at the venue mentioned below. Failure to submit any say it shall be presumed that nobody has any objection and further action will be taken. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY: Village: Khari Bhayander (E), Tal & Dist-Thane . Survey No. Hissa No. Plot No. Area Sq. Mtr. 62 16 — 379 Place: Vardhavat Mansion, 1st Floor, Shivaji Path, Thane (W). Date: 18/10/2013.

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SAVED IN THE NICK OF TIME Minor rescued by

they had launched a search for her after finding her missing. The Vile Parle police too reached the spot and took the brothers into custody. Talking to the ADC, ACP Zunjarrao Gharal of Vile Parle division said, "There was tension in the area after the incident. The brothers, both juveniles, one 15 years old and By Zuber Ansari the other 13, studying in stanseven-year-old girl was dards VII and VIII respectively, saved from being raped were charged under section by two brothers, also 354 molestation of the IPC, minors, after they had lured and two sections of new strinthe girl into their house and gent Prevention of Children were about to rape her. The from Sexual Offence 2012, for girl's parents and neighbours which bail is not granted. managed to locate her at the They were produced in the house of the accused, after holiday court in Bandra and

locals from two brothers who were attempting to rape her in their house

sent to the Dongri children’s remand home." The girl, who is a regular visitor to the home of the accused, entered their home while playing near her house, on Saturday. The boys, who were alone at that time, began molesting the girl. They removed her clothes and were trying to force themselves on her. Meanwhile, the girl's parents who had searching her, were told that she was with the accused. When they started banging on the door, the boys refused to open it, and the police were then summoned. They boys were taken into custody, and the girl was handed over to her parents.

ANNAPURNA ACORD CO-OP HSG.SOCIETY LTD. Navghar Road, Bhaynder (E), Tal & Dist-Thane.

DEEMED CONVEYANCE PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the above Society has applied to this office for declaration of Deemed Conveyance of the following properties. The next hearing is kept on 29/10/2013 at 11.30 a.m. Those who have interest in the said property may submit their say at the time of hearing at the venue mentioned below. Failure to submit any say it shall be presumed that nobody has any objection and further action will be taken. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY: Village: Khari Bhaynder,(E) Tal & Dist-Thane. Survey No. Hissa No. Plot No. Area Sq. Mtr. 83 9/13/14 — 2190.00 Place: Vardhavat Mansion, 1st Floor, Shivaji Path, Thane (W). Date: 18/10/2013.

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Notice is hereby given that the above Society has applied to this office for declaration of Deemed Conveyance of the following properties. The next hearing is kept on 30/10/2013 at 12.30 p.m. Those who have interest in the said property may submit their say at the time of hearing at the venue mentioned below. Failure to submit any say it shall be presumed that nobody has any objection and further action will be taken. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY: Village: Khari Bhayander (E), Tal & Dist-Thane. Survey No. Hissa No. Plot No. Area Sq. Mtr. 30 (old-165) 1 — 568.92 Sq.Mtr. out of 2,000 Sq.Mtr Place: Vardhavat Mansion, (Nitin Kale) 1st Floor, Shivaji Path, Competent Authority & Thane (W). District Dy. Registrar, Date: 18/10/2013. Co-op. Societies, Thane.

Notice is hereby given that the above Society has applied to this office for declaration of Deemed Conveyance of the following properties. The next hearing is kept on 29/10/2013 at 2.30 p.m. Those who have interest in the said property may submit their say at the time of hearing at the venue mentioned below. Failure to submit any say it shall be presumed that nobody has any objection and further action will be taken. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY: Village: Khari, Bhaynder (E), Tal & Dist-Thane. Survey No. Hissa No. Plot No. Area Sq. Mtr. 65 29/27 — 502 Place: Vardhavat Mansion, 1st Floor, Shivaji Path, Thane (W). Date: 18/10/2013.

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Notice is hereby given that the above Society has applied to this office for declaration of Deemed Conveyance of the following properties. The next hearing is kept on 29/10/2013 at 12.30 p.m. Those who have interest in the said property may submit their say at the time of hearing at the venue mentioned below. Failure to submit any say it shall be presumed that nobody has any objection and further action will be taken. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY: Village: Khari, Bhaynder (E), Tal & Dist-Thane. Survey No. Hissa No. Plot No. Area Sq. Mtr. 83 9/13/14 — 1314.00 Place: Vardhavat Mansion, 1st Floor, Shivaji Path, Thane (W). Date: 18/10/2013.

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Notice is hereby given that the above Society has applied to this office for declaration of Deemed Conveyance of the following properties. The next hearing is kept on 30/10/2013 at 12.30 p.m. Those who have interest in the said property may submit their say at the time of hearing at the venue mentioned below. Failure to submit any say it shall be presumed that nobody has any objection and further action will be taken. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY: Village: Mumbra, Tal & Dist-Thane. Survey No. Hissa No. Plot No. Area Sq. Mtr. 11 3 — 745.19 Sq.Mtr. out of 2,251 Sq.Mtr Place: Vardhavat Mansion, (Nitin Kale) 1st Floor, Shivaji Path, Competent Authority & Thane (W). District Dy. Registrar, Date: 18/10/2013. Co-op. Societies, Thane.

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Notice is hereby given that the above Society has applied to this office for declaration of Deemed Conveyance of the following properties. The next hearing is kept on 30/10/2013 at 3.30 p.m. Those who have interest in the said property may submit their say at the time of hearing at the venue mentioned below. Failure to submit any say it shall be presumed that nobody has any objection and further action will be taken. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY: Village: Ayare, Dombivali, Tal-Kalyan, Dist-Thane. Survey No. Hissa No. Plot No. Area Sq. Mtr. 72 1(p) 5 543.00 Sq.Mtr. Place: Vardhavat Mansion, 1st Floor, Shivaji Path, Thane (W). Date: 18/10/2013.

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Two children perish under temple wall in Chembur By Tariq Khan

wo children, playing on the footpath at N.G. Acharya Marg in Chembur, were crushed to death when a wall, built in front of a temple gate, collapsed on them. Vishal Sahadev Bagude (8) and Anjali Ankush Maske (7) were extricated from the debris and rushed to the Shatabdi Hospital, where Dr Agarwal declared them brought dead.

children were sent to Rajawadi Hospital for postmortem. We are investigating whether the trustees had taken permission from the BMC to build the wall. If the trustees are found guilty, a case of negligence will be slapped on them. Further investigations are on.” The area on this stretch of N.G. Acharya Marg remained jammed with traffic Victims: Anjali Ankush Maske and Vishal Sahadev Bagude after the accident. Tempers The incident occurred at was near the temple gate in the neighborhood ran around 3 pm on Sunday in and had the names of high, with a local, on condition of anonymity, saying, front of the Vishweshar trustees inscribed on it. Police Inspector B.S. “This unfortunate incident Mandir, located opposite Acharya College in Khardeo Bagul of Govandi police sta- could have definitely been Nagar. The 4 x 6 feet tall wall tion said, “The bodies of the avoided.”

Regular offender nabbed while sexually assaulting 7-year-old By Zuber Ansari

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sexually assault her. A society 3-year-old Shazad Amruddin Ansari resident, Taukir was caught red handed by residents Qureshi, said, of Parizad building at Jogeshwari, "On hearing the when he was attempting to sexually ascries of the girl, sault a seven-year-old girl of the socia few residents ety, on the third floor of the building. rushed to the Ansari, who is a regular offender, has third floor, and been allegedly molesting and sexually saw the acassaulting minor girls in the area who cused, who tried he would lure to the terrace or other seto run away. The cluded places. At around 11 am, Ansari took the girl then narrated the incident to her seven-year-old, who was playing out- mother. The accused was caught as he side her flat on the ground floor, to a tried to run away from the building." A resident of a neighboring building third floor flat, telling her that he would give her a chocolate. Once they started beating up the accused, saying reached the third floor, he attempted to he was the same person who had mo-

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lested her daughter and had run away, but was caught on CCTV cameras. The Oshiwara cops took the accused into custody, and later found that he already has four complaints registered against him. Two FIRs were filed by the recent victims from Parizad CHS and the adjoining building. An uncle of the girl said, "We were shocked to see the girl shivering. He had attempted to remove her clothes and abuse her. The accused was earlier staying in the same society, but was evicted because of his behaviour." A police officer from Oshiwara police station said, "We have arrested him under section 354 for outraging the modesty of the girl."

tics, Nandita Shah, Cofounder of Akshara, the NonGovernmental Organisation which 26 cases have been reported, making indecent facial own experiences but also in- that launched HarassMap expressions comes next with 17 stances of teasing and assaults said, “The fact that women are reported cases, indecent expo- that they happened to wit- now reporting cases that range from touching to other sure has 12 reported cases, tak- ness. Speaking about these statis- serious forms of harassment ing photos has four and tell us that now women have showing porn has two cases rerealised that they don’t have to ported on the site. put up with such behaviour. The site also says that out of Previously, such instances the 49 unsafe places reported used to be thought of as by the users, the majority fall something they had to put up in the ‘open space’ category. Under Physical Harasswith but now they don’t feel Twenty three places marked ment, there are 32 cases of that way. They question. They unsafe are open spaces. Fourtouching and five cases of ask why do we have to put up teen places come under the rape/sexual assault with harassment. And that is a ‘streets’ category, seven places Under verbal harassment, good sign. The aim of Habelong to the ‘stations’ catethere are 29 cases of passrassMap is to find out places gory and five are under the ing comments and fourteen that are unsafe and then take category of ‘colony’. cases of cat calls up the issue with the conReports of the above have Under stalking, twenty cerned authorities of that area been lodged from places all cases of following have and also to make women over the city right from places been reported, while there speak up against the harasslike Thane and Mulund to is one case of repeated ment that they face on a day Mankhurd, Santacruz and Cophone calls and one case of to day basis.” laba. Interestingly, people repeated MMS/SMS have not only shared their shwetha.kannan@afternoondc.in

Kya dekhta hai? Other statistics from HarrassMap:

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Fire in Bandra building

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fire broke out in a fivestorey commercial building in Bandra. At least eight fire engines, five water tankers and an ambulance were rushed to the Silver Arch Building to douse the blaze, an official attached

to the disaster management cell of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), told PTI. No injury or casualty were reported while going to the press. The cause of the fire was not immediately known, the official said, adding efforts are on to douse the flames.

“I HAVE KILLED MY WIFE!” Husband kills wife, surrenders before police in Sakinaka By Zuber Ansari

PSI Sandeep Chavan of Saki Naka police station said, have killed my wife, ar- “Vikas doubted Durga’s charrest me,” said 29-year- acter and would fight reguold Vikas Esave, who killed larly with her. On Sunday his wife Durga, and surren- night too they had fought till dered to the Saki Naka police, 4 in the morning and in fit of rage he hit Durga with a huge early on Sunday morning. Vikas happened to be metal object on the head. He Durga’s second husband, then pulled out a kitchen and the couple, who had a knife and stabbed her. Fully love marriage, resided with soaked in her blood, Vikas their five children at Kaju- landed up at the police stapada in Saki Naka. Vikas, a tion and surrendered to us. native of Rajasthan, had He was produced in the Banchanged his surname from dra court which remanded him to police custody.” Gehalot to Esave.

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increasing on a daily basis, some more shocking aspects thrown up by the seminars included questions from these 12Continued from pg 1 « year-olds like “how to crime which they face on a handle the situation regular basis! Dhall has when someone is kidnapbeen l;e4cturing regularly ping us, trying to throw on white collar and mod- acid or rape us, and how ern crime in various police do we get the police to listen to us”. stations. Shocking maturity was According to Dhall, crime education is now an also displayed in comextremely important sub- plaints that the police ject for children from an “listened to gangsters “What early age, just as sex edu- rather to us”. cation is vital for their should we do if a murder mental and physical well- is going on and we wish to being. This is due to the report the incident” asked extensive exposure to another child. Dhall said crime activities around there was lots more on students, a fact accepted the subject. While the students by the Police who met the students and were amazed were advised not to allow with the crime knowledge anyone to touch them, there were many girls they already had. While crime has been who spoke about auto-

rickshaw drivers trying to molest them and only few had the wisdom to scream and run away from the location. Sadly, only one per cent of the students were aware about the Child Line emergency numbers like 1098 and 103. The students also wanted answers for why New Delhi has more rapes than Mumbai; however, these issues were evaded since it was felt that trying to dissect social attitudes at this young age could increase confusion and conflict in such young kids. As to use of the internet and awarene3ss of television crime-based reality shows, everyone seemed to be only too aware of them!. zuber.ansari@afternoondc.in

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`11,000 EX-GRATIA! DENGUE AWARENESS… Baba Siddique (MLA) and India's ace tennis player Leander Paes with school children during a dengue awareness campaign, at Bandra on Sunday.

HARRIED POTTERS… The spate of development projects in and around Kumbharwada, in Dharavi, seems to have taken its toll on the small-scale potters in the locality as they have no space to make ‘diyas,’ the earthen lamps for the upcoming Diwali festival which will be celebrated from November 1 to 5. These potters are forced to dry their earthen lamps on top of parked vehicles on the main road.

Diwali bonanza for MBMC employees, school teachers too

By Suresh Golani

mployees and contractual workers in the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) have reason to cheer, as the NCP-led ruling alliance announced an ex-gratia bonus ahead of the Diwali festival. While Class II, III and IV staffers will be given an ex-gratia bonus of Rs.11,000 as compared to last year’s Rs.7,800, primary school teachers will also be given Rs.11,000 as compared to the Rs.7500 given last year. Contractual employees, including computer operators and RCH workers, will be handed a festive bonus of Rs.8,500. Daily wage workers attached to the Swarna Jayanti Project and Balwadi teachers will

Mayor Catlin Pereira be given a bonus of Rs.5,000. Also from this year onwards, daily wage workers involved with various government-sponsored health awareness projects, including antileprosy drives, will be recipients of a Rs. 5,000 Diwali bonus. Link workers will also get Rs.2,000, said officials. A resolution to this effect, moved by the NCP, was approved by vote

CITY BRIEFS Seminar on ‘Radiation from Mobile Towers’

The Council for Fair Business Practices is organising a seminar on ‘Radiation from Mobile Tower Antenna and Mobile Phones’ on Tuesday, at 6 p.m. at the Babubhai Chinai Committee Room, Indian Merchants’ Chamber, Churchgate. The speakers will be Ameet Mehta, Dr. Anand Gokani, Prakash R. Munshi and P Ramakrishna. Admission is free. For details, call: 22885249, 22844783.

Sacredness of Life

The Vegetarian Society (Reverence for Life) invites all for a lecture on Thursday where Sri Radhanath Swamiji, Head of ISKCON, Chowpatty will speak on ‘Honouring the Sacredness of Life’ at 6 p.m. at Rama Watumull Auditorium, K.C. College, Dinshaw Wacha Road, Churchgate. Entry is free. There will also be a lucky draw at the event.

after the opposition members tabled their proposal demanding an additional hike in the bonus amount. “We have to be practical, as a specific budget has been earmarked for the purpose, and we are well aware that all employees are happy. Moreover, the private contractors deployed by the MBMC for the various civic related works have also been di-

rected to make timely payments to their employees so as to ensure they too are not left deprived during Diwali,” said Mayor Catlin Pereira. While the MBMC will spend Rs 2 crore towards the ex-gratia payments, a total of 1,941 employees including 1,645 staffers and 296 contractual workers will be benefited, said an official.

Re.1 roll back in bus fare

In a much needed respite for Mira-Bhayandar commuters traveling in public transport buses, the MBMC has decided to partially roll back the recently imposed bus fare hike. As per a decision taken by the MBMC, an amount of Re.1 will be slashed across the fare board. It should be noted that following a nod from the RTA and the MBMT, the private operator had hiked bus fares between Re.1 and Rs.6 from the midnight of September 21.

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DIWALI BONANZA FOR WOMEN MBMC steps in to lend helping hand to poor widows, underprivileged women, provides funds to aid daughters’ wedding and children’s education By Suresh Golani

o help financially poor widow’s to get their daughters’ married and to promote education among children of destitute women, including divorcees, the NCP-Congress ruling alliance in the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC), led by Mayor Catlin Pereira, gave a nod to two ambitious schemes mooted by the Women and Child Welfare Committee (WCWC). While a monetary assistance amounting Rs.12,000 will be given to poor widows for performing marriages of their daughters, the MBMC has chalked out an elaborate educational programme, in which children of underprivileged and poverty-stricken women living in the twin-city, will be allocated an annual financial aid for their education. Throwing light on the education scheme, chairperson of the WCWC, Greta Farro, said, “Under this annual funding plan, kids of

Chief himself, General Tapeshwar Raina, who had to be convinced. When the vice chief tried no instruments and the doctor Cardozo out again, this time in preferred to wait till he could be lifted back to a proper field hos- able to cope. Plus, there was no the snow and ice of Ladakh, he pital. But Cardozo was afraid of precedent. Pester power got him was convinced and wrote out a gangrene, and when his batman, an opportunity to take the Bat- recommendation that was to a good Gurkha, refused to cut off tle Efficiency Physical Test have a solid impact on the his leg, he did it himself. Then he (BPET) seven years later, and on army’s perception of disabled ofthe field, he left seven officers ficers. “Yes, give him and other told him to go and bury it. In the end, a Pakistani surgeon behind as he ran on his prosthe- war wounded officers who are cleaned and stitched him up in sis. “Of course there were a lot of not taking shelter of war captured Advanced Dressing chaps in front of me”, he twin- wounds, command of a battalion”. Since then, there have been Station. And the rest of his life in kles. Posted in the Directorate of three others with disabilities. the army began. At the Artificial Limbs Centre Military Operations in Delhi, he One rose to be a vice chief of in Pune, he was recovering rap- went to the vice chief of army staff. Life, Ian Cardozo thinks, has idly, adjusting to life without a staff with his results and was inbeen good to him and his three leg, and determined to get his vited to J and K with him. It was the way he conducted sons, one of whom is in the own battalion. The first time he broached the subject was to the himself during a grueling jour- army. After retirement, his work Army commander there who in- ney, which included an un- with the disabled has kept him vited him to a party, but told him planned climb of 4,500 feet at 3 busy in more ways than one. He bluntly it was out of the question am one night, that convinced his has been arrested five times on as doctors felt he would not be superior officer. But it was the the streets of Delhi for protesting

MBMC chief Bharat Shitole underprivileged women studying in Std I to V will be given Rs.3,000 per year. Similarly, students from Std.VI to VIII and IX to HSC will be given Rs.4,000 and Rs.5,000 respectively. And in their educational journey from HSC till they complete graduation, students will get Rs.6,000 per year.” Civic chief, Bharat Shitole, said, “This is one of our sincere efforts to try and ease woes by lending a helping hand to needy and underprivileged women of society.”

in favour of more facilities for them. Is there anything at all that rankles? Yes there is, the lack of a proper war memorial for soldiers. “The Government does not fully recognize what the Army has done. Even Bangladesh and Pakistan have war memorials. No less a person than the Queen of England visits the tomb of the unknown soldier in Westminster Abbey, where he is buried among kings and queens. In the US, the President himself pays homage once a year. The Australian prime minister goes to Canberra to pay tribute. But in India, we have an installation comprising standing rifles and an upturned helmet for Amar Jawan. That is not enough,” he says. For the rest, life is definitely good for this hero.

Finally, indicators at Panvel railway station

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By Khushboo Panjabi

The indicators will be put up at both the east and west entrances to the station, near the ticket booking offices, he residents of Panvel will soon and on the foot-over-bridge (FOB). Dr. Dave added, “We no longer find it tough to get into also demanded two neon signs to be put up near the eastthe right train from Panvel rail- side entrance to the station, giving the directions to the way station. “Twenty working indi- station, similar to the ones on the west”. cators will be installed in the The ADC had reported this on August 26 (‘Where’s Panvel railway station the train coming?’) talking about the lack of indicatorpremises within 15 days, sand timers on the Panvel station. D.K. Gupta, Station making it convenient for the Manager, Panvel Railway Station had then expressed passengers to know the dismay at the delay in the delivery of indicators. “At train schedules,” said Dr. least 14 more indicators have been sanctioned for this Bhaktikumar Dave, President of station. But they haven’t arrived yet. They should have the Panvel Travellers’ Association. been installed by now,” he had informed. Currently there are just four indicaApart from the lack of digital clocks, with the one on tors across the suburban station, which the FOB out of order, the ADC report also referred to has four platforms from where trains depart for Chha- the lack of cleanliness in the station premises and the trapati Shivaji Terminus, Wadala Road, Andheri and beggars inhabiting the station and the FOB. Thane. khushboo.panjabi@afternoondc.in

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The ADC report which appeared on August 26, 2013.

Crazy beginning to election campaign? By Philip Varghese

ith elections just a few weeks away in five states, Mumbaibased social activist Teesta Setalvad has written to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) complaining about alleged provocative posters being pasted in long-distance trains reading ‘Why is There a Conspiracy Against Sadhu Sants in Bharat?’ A letter written by activists Javed

There a Conspiracy Against Sadhu Sants in Bharat?’ is a clear effort to communalise the atmosphere ahead of the state elections in over five states and also impact the next year’s general elections. The poster has a photograph and comments of a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Subramaniam Swamy. It appears to be indicative of being a well-planned ploy of one of the major parties in the election fray to violate sections

of the last state elections in Uttar Pradesh, the party had officially circulated a CD that contained malevolent utterances against a particular minority community. The Election Commission had initiated prompt and immediate action in this regard. This is being pointed out to illustrate that there is an established pattern to this and this is not an isolated incident.” philip.varghese@afternoondc.in

Eight superfast specials between LTT and Lucknow By A Staff Reporter

he Central Railway will run eight AC superfast special trains between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) and Lucknow. The 02111 AC special will leave LTT at 11.20 hrs and arrive at Lucknow at 11.40 hours the next day, every Friday from October 25 to November 15. 02112 AC special will leave Luc-

know at 12.50 hours and will arrive at LTT at 12.05 hours the next day, every Saturday from October 26 to November 16. The train will halt at Kalyan, Igatpuri, Manmad, Bhusaval, Khandwa, Itarsi, Habibganj, Bhopal, Jhansi, Orai and Kanpur. “Bookings for 02111 will open from October 21,” said a Central Railway spokesperson.

Special train for Angariki Chaturthi By A Staff Reporter

he Western Railways will run an additional service on the night of October 21/22 (Monday/Tuesday) in

down direction from Churchgate to Virar respectively on the eve of Angariki Chaturthi. The slow train will depart from Churchgate at 1:30 am and arrive at Virar at 3:06 am.

SWEATING IT OUT Passengers suffer as WR fans not repaired for 2 years

By Kainaz Choksey

T One of the alleged provocative posters pasted inside a long distance train. Anand, Ravi Kulkarni, Kanishk Prasad, Suresh Bhosale, Sumedh Jadhav, Madhu Prasad and Rajen Prasad to V.S. Sampath, Chief Election Commissioner states, “It has been brought to our notice that hundreds, if not thousands of posters have suddenly been observed in all trains leaving Gujarat. The contents of these posters with the provocative heading ‘Why is

123a and 123b of the Representations of People’s Act (RPA) ahead of the elections. Worse it is a clear ploy also to divide peoples on lines of community identity and polarise an already surcharged atmosphere. We urge the Election Commission to take note of this development and initiate steps to curb this sinister design. It may be recalled that on the eve

he Western Railway, while replying to a query filed by Mansoor Umer Darvesh, member of Passengers and Traffic Relief Assn. (PATRA) under the Right to Information Act-2005 (RTIA), has said that the overhauling and repair of fans has not been undertaken from January 2011 to December 2012. Most WR and CR commuters have been inconvenienced because several of the fans installed in train compartments have not been working properly. The guaranty or warranty for these is as per the IRS conditions of the contract. According to the reply by the Western Railway, none of the fans procured between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2012 have been

overhauled or undergone major repairs. However minor repairs such as the replacement of the fan blade, guard, motor, capacitor and attention to connection intactness are being ensured. 150 new fans were received as of December 28, 2012. According to the query in the RTI, the Western Railway does not have any record of the amount spent for maintaining even one fan per month. The warrantee/guarantee is covered as per the Indian Railway standard conditions terms and conditions i.e. for a period of 30 months after their delivery or 24 months from the date of placement in service whichever is earlier. According to Sharat Chandrayan, CPRO, WR, “The commuters can send an SMS on

9004477777. They can also register their complaints with the station master. Emails can be sent to dpgwr@wr.railnet.gov.in.” Talking to the ADC, Atul Rane, CPRO, CR says, “We have been receiving around 30 to 40 complaints on a variety of issues including malfunctioning fans.” According to S.J. Garg, President, PATRA, “Commuters can register a complaint in a complaint book available with the station master at all stations. The commuters should mention the coach number and the bogie number along with their personal details.” Central Railway helpline number -9004411111 via SMS Email: aspg@cr.railnet.gov.in kainaz.choksey@afternoon.dc.in

The bell tolls for the ruling combine

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Ponder awhile... “Riots born out of political issues aren’t the same as those born out of personal greed.” — Ross Kemp

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usinessmen and industrialists or their representatives keep meeting ministers and top officials of the government to get the required approval for starting various projects or for making plans for expansion. They require permits in this regard and it is quite in order if they do some lobbying. In foreign countries, lobbying is the done thing and if any financial transactions take place, it is considered as normal practice. In India, very often, honest IAS officers face inquiry and harassment. For investigating agencies, no evidence is required to nail secretaries of various departments. A mere visit by a businessman to the office of the ministers or secretaries of government is enough for filing an FIR against them. The real culprit, if he happens to be the Prime Minister, is protected. A Prime Minister can do no wrong: even if there is evidence against his wrongdoing, he is declared innocent. It is quite disturbing that a clean and honest secretary has been hauled up and an investigation agency has lodged an FIR against him. The IAS officers’ association has given a clean chit to coal secretary P.C. Parakh. There is not a shred of evidence to prove his wrongdoing with regard to the way he has dealt with an application by a coal company. The IAS officers’ body has come out in support of him and it is most likely he will be cleared of all charges.

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HE writing is on the wall. Opinion polls only partially reflect the depth of popular disgust and anger against a government which has willfully squandered its mandate in perpetrating one scam after the other without nary a thought for the rising misery of the aam aadmi. A somnolent prime minister who remains cocooned in the RCR complex, unless, of course, he is seeking a break from domestic misery through an unproductive summitry with foreign heads of State, a gaggle of ministers clueless about their own remit and making tall claims without anything to show on the ground, a party leader obsessed with ensuring the continuity of the dynasty but saddled with a very poor human material, well, with such lousy ingredients in the ruling party mix it can necessarily go nowhere but down. Recent opinion polls merely signpost the electoral disaster that awaits the ruling combine. Things could not have been bleaker for a government which had lost its way early on in its second term — though, mind you, some of the bigger scams had occurred in its first term. The economy, you would have imagined, would be the strong suit of UPA Government headed as it is by an economist prime minister. Alas, the economy is bleeding the most due to cavalier neglect and wrong-headed policy prescriptions, a fact duly substantiated by the recent prognosis of the IMF which has put growth at a paltry 3.8 percent in the current financial year. Finance Minister Chidamabaram, who is good at, if anything, nixing all things which project him in poor light, has now taken to staging false encounters with the IMF statistics, insisting in the face of plethora of evidence to the contrary that it would still attain the 5.6 percent growth that he had said it would grow at in his earlier public pronouncements. Whatever the ultimate growth rate, there can be no denying that the aam aadmi is groaning under the weight of ever-rising prices. With wholesale inflation still untamed, and the consumer inflation raging in double digits, there is little ground for Congressmen to believe that they would be able to ward off the rude jolt that awaits them at the ballot box in the coming weeks and months. The battle for the Assembly elections later this year is only a dress rehearsal for the big fight in May 2014 when the voters will hold the ruling coalition to account for all its acts of omission and commission. And time too it was made accountable for all the misery it has piled on the aam adami what with the lowly onions selling at Rs. 80 a kilo and most vegetables having priced themselves out of the reach of the ordinary people. Any ruling politician who despite these trying times for the common man dreams of a return to power needs to go in a for a serious reality check. Voters are no longer so gullible that appeals to caste, creed, religion and, notably, even to mummy, will lull them into re-electing the non-performers yet again. Unfortunately for them, even the self-serving card of secularism that the ruling politicians had hoped to play to hoodwink the minority community into voting for them seems to have been exposed as a ruse by a respected Deoband leader. Whatever his credentials for speaking on behalf of the Muslim masses, Maulana Mahmood Madani, the general secretary of the Jamait-e-UlemaHind, cannot be faulted for speaking some home truths about the attempt to frighten the Muslim voters by painting Narendra Modi as an ogre who eats Muslims for breakfast. If the secularist class has no case to seek the Muslim vote on its performance in power, or on the steps taken to lift the community from the socio-economic ghettos, it clearly has no ground to seek its vote by crying wolf about the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate. Frankly, aside from the most unfortunate riots following the burning of a rail carriage full of Ram Bhaktas at the Godhra station, the

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six-year Vajpayee rule was free from any communal strife. If Modi is the devil incarnate on account of that single lapse of administrative rectitude, there is no Congress prime minister, beginning with, we dare say, the first, who merits to wear the badge of secularism. If the truth be told, secularism is no more than a convenient ploy to lure the minority community into keeping the Congress Party into power indefinitely. How far it is fair to keep on harping on one riot while pushing all others before and after the 2002 Gujarat violence under the carpet is a question that cannot have escaped the attention of the discerning members of the Muslim community. That the secularist class sees its carefully devised strategy of keeping the Muslims perennially tethered to its poll symbol being exposed as a charade can be realized from the intensity of abuse heaped on Madani. Following his unexceptionable remarks that the Muslim voter should consider what the secularists have done for the Muslim welfare rather than get frightened into voting for them, he has been called a Modi supporter, a traitor to the Mus-

monolith, crushing under its feet whoever opposes it, it is yet to imbibe the democratic spirit. It misuses power to silence its critics. Harassing upright bureaucrats and respected industrialists will only further mar the climate for economic and governmental revival. The CBI is dragging its feet on taking action against Dayanidhi Maran in the open-and-shut case of Aircell-Maxis deal; it has failed to act against politicians who got coal mining licenses wrongfully. But it has gone and charged K M Birla, who deservedly enjoys a clean reputation. It is bound to further undermine whatever remains of the credibility of the pitiable Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. As Parakh commented, Singh ought to be made accountable because he was the Coal Minister when the alleged scam occurred and had duly approved the allocation of coal block to Birla’s company. If in the case of the 2-G scam, the Prime Minister shifted the entire blame to Telecom Minister Raja, though the latter had kept Singh in the loop, in the case of the coal scam no one other than the PM himself was his Coal Minister and, logically, must face action for a wrongful allocation of a coal block to Birla.

Inviting Modi invites Income Tax raids

ALKING of vendetta, a desperate Congress leadership has now taken to harassing anyone who may appear to be soft on the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi. Under the wily P. Chidambaram, the income tax department has taken to hounding the Modi supporters one by one. A case in point is the recent raids and searches by the Virendra Kapoor income tax department on a number of dialim cause, and worse. mond merchants in Ahmedabad, Surat, Yet, neither the Congress megaphones Mumbai, etc., within days of their felicitating nor the so-called Muslim intellectuals Modi at a public function in Mumbai earlier who have on cue castigated Madani this month. In fact, Modi in his address had have cared to defend the record of the Con- only half-jokingly warned the diamond mergress Party vis-à-vis the socio-economic chants present, who had given him a purse progress of Muslims these past six decades. for the construction of the proposed Sardar The lot of the Muslims, if the truth be told, is Patel memorial, that they should be prepared worse than even that of Dalits. But then Dal- for a visit by the income tax department for its have found their own place under the sun inviting him. after severing links with the Congress Party. Sure enough, a couple of days later the Maybe it is time, Muslims too would squash IT sleuths were at the door of the diamond the emotional but useless shibboleths of sec- merchants ransacking their homes and ofularism and communalism and try and claim fices in search of evidence of tax evasion. their own rightful place in the nation’s public Clearly, Congress cannot come to terms with life. Unless they are able to keep all their elec- the democratic principle that allows everytoral options open, the so-called secularist one, rich or poor, to pursue his own indecrowd would continue to use them as cannon pendent political course without fear of the fodder at election time. Madani’s , therefore, might of the State trying to crush him into is a voice of reason and needs must be paid meek submission. careful attention.

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Congress’s vendetta politics

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HE CBI has hauled up former Coal Secretary P C Parakh for changing the screenENDETTA reeks from the CBI action against the widely respected industrialist ing committee decision to award the coal Kumar Mangalam Birla in the coal scam. In- block to the Birla company. It smells corrupstead of locating the files conveniently gone tion and criminal conspiracy in the change. missing to save junior coal minister But did not the CBI too change the earlier deSriprakash Jaiswal and others higher than cisions in the disproportionate asset cases him in the Government, the CBI has gone against Mayawati and Mulayam Singh Yadav? after an industrialist who had made no bones The CBI had earlier registered D.A. cases about his growing impatience with the non- against the two, and told the Supreme Court performing UPA Government. Also, the that both Mayawati and Yadav had amassed charge against the retired Coal Secretary, P.C. wealth beyond their known sources of inParakh, is as senseless as the earlier charge come. Under the present Director, Ranjit against the retired Telecom Secretary Shymal Sinha, the CBI withdrew those cases, Ghosh. Both Parakh and Ghosh universally claiming that there was no merit in the affienjoyed a reputation for integrity among their davits filed by the agency earlier. By his own peers. Birla, it should be noted, seems logic, isn’t Sinha too liable for a case of to have riled the powers that be from the criminal conspiracy? moment he made bold to criticize the policy paralysis of the Government. The might of the income tax, enforcement directorate and other agencies of the State was unHAT if a sadhu dreams that there is ten leashed against his companies. His thousand tonnes of gold buried under companies were slapped with fresh demands 10 Janpath, will they start digging up the for income tax and penalties for over Rs. four place to unearth the treasure and return to thousand crores. the nation what has always belonged to it? Though the Congress is no longer a Think about it.

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Team India’s dazzling performance at Jaipur THE Kangaroos huffed and puffed as the Indian tigers rode on their backs like ‘kings’ at the palatial Sawai Mansingh stadium to rout the Australians after they themselves had put up a mammoth score on the board. The Aussie bowlers were slaughtered to death on the eve of Eid as India’s run chase was the highest total they had ever conquered with seven overs to spare. It was brilliant batting performance by Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma at the top of the order followed by an by a brilliant ton by Virat Kohli who notched up his hundred of 52 deliveries which happed to be the fastest by an Indian in ODI’s. It was the best Indian batting performance ever in ODIs as it only took the efforts of three players to chase the record total with the likes of Yuvraj, Raina and Dhoni still to follow. Well done, Team India. The Australians would find it extremely difficult to contain our boys in the coming matches and their win in the opening game dwarfs in front of this thrilling win which truly was par excellence! — S.N. Kabra, Goregaon

‘Grand wishes’ for one & all!

May your life increase, like petrol prices May your troubles fall, like the rupee Have a sasta vegetable day! Seasons greetings. No dengue cholera Enjoy your ride, merry pothole! Get ale soon. It’s a dry day What’s up? Send me a pic ‘Horn’ voyage! Happy traffic jams ‘Con’ appetit! enjoy corruption Please. Please ‘dhakka’ mat maro yaar ! — Altaf H Ladiwala, Bandra

Could be anybody’s game THOUGH a recent poll survey has predicted the BJP to emerge as the largest single party in 2014 elections, the number of seats the parties under the category of ‘Others’ are expected to grab is also substantial. These include BSP, SP, RJD and the Left, totaling more OF than three digits. All these LETTER THE DAY are devoutly wedded to the sacrosanct principle of secularism. Congress, for all its shortcomings, undoubtedly happens to be a secular party. So the ‘Others’ conglomerate would unhesitatingly offer their full support to the UPA to stake their claim for the third successive term at the Centre. Their sole purpose in extending lifeline to the UPA III would be to keep the communal forces out of power. In that event, small peripheral outfits also would jump on the bandwagon to help the UPA III to reach the magical mark of 272.

dulkar is in wilderness, whereas the Mumbai batsman is trying hard to push his chances too much with his break free statement. It is not so easy withstand pace and last longer in international cricket.

KAMAAL HO GAYA! Brilliant batting display by Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli gave the Aussies a run for their money in Jaipur.

ROHIT Sharma is short of words after his heroics at Jaipur. But as all cricketers know form is temporary and class is permanent. He can enjoy the moment in India and slow tracks outside also. But when it comes to faster wickets in Australia and South Africa, the real tale of the Mumbai batsman will be made known. Striking form temporarily on batsmen’s paradise with small ground to hit boundcounsel prevailed and the controversial ordinance which proposed to set aside the honourable Supreme Court of India judgement on convicted netas politicians and nullify the effect of the landmark judgement was finally withdrawn. Rahul Gandhi deserves to be congratulated for his bold step at the Press Club, Delhi that the ordinance is nonsense and should be thrown away. The Nation would have become a laughing stock in the world if such an ordinance would have been given assent to by the President. It is good that the Cabinet took a matured decision seeing the writing on the wall and sensing public resentment outrage over the ordinance. — Apurva Parekh, Ahmedabad

Madhuri, Hrithik together? WHEREAS Duggu (Hrithik Roshan) is a celebrity himself and every girl’s hallucination, the honey-eyed artiste is crazy about Mads (Madhuri Dixit-Nene). Apparently, the ‘Krrish 3’ actor has been looking for an ideal script

aries is very easy. When facing fast and bouncing deliveries Down Under, one will have real problems. The swinging deliveries created problems for the likes of Sunny Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar, then Rohit with his lazy technique will not be a match against genuine fast bowling like that of Dale Steyn. Badrinath, who faced Steyn with confidence and played a stellar role along with Sachin Tento come his way to accomplish his inclination of acting collectively with the ‘Ghagra’ girl. Actually, KJo (Karan Johar) and Duggu (Hrithik) have been trying hard to work out the probability of a cameo for Madhuri in Dharma Productions project ‘Shuddhi’. It is learnt that the salsa diva possibly will consent to do an item number with Hrithik, if not a cameo. — K.V. Raman, Malad

Will golden dream fructify? AS per the interesting report of a gold rush, could Uttar Pradesh (UP) become the California of 1849 where the gold rush laid the foundation for the American dream transforming it from an agrarian economy into an industrial giant. And now the gold rush has began in UP with the dream of a sadhu who was was told of tons of gold buried in Unnao village of UP and Archaeological Survey of India is digging at the site and big drama or political stunts have started with UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav sending his own people to meet the sadhu to find out that if the gold is found could it be used for the state’s development. The gold was amassed by Raja Ram Baksh before he was martyred in 1857. If the 1,000 tonnes of gold is found the country can wipe out its huge current account deficit and there won’t be any need to import gold any more. — Bhagwan Thadani, Mumbai

Origin of Yoga

— Arun Malankar, Santa Cruz

Ordinance withdrawal THE date 2nd October, 2013 Wednesday the 144th birthday anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi will go down in history of India as a historical ‘red letter’ date as wiser

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STORY of Origin of Yoga is associated with Hindu God Shiva and Ananta. In Hinduism, Ananta is the 1,000-headed divine serpent on whom Vishnu sleeps. Legend has it that Shiva was once narrating lessons in yoga to Goddess Parvati. Shiva was unaware of the presence of Ananta who was lying nearby. Ananta thus listened to the entire secret teaching of Yoga. But when the divine serpent tried to slither

Sri Lanka. Such type of arrogant attitude was not in good taste and not required in a gentleman’s game of cricket. — C.K. Subramaniam, Sanpada

TEAM India’s win at Jaipur has been hyped and the top scorer Rohit Sharma is giving his mind as though he is the next Sachin Ten— Jayanthy S. Maniam, Sion dulkar of the Indian side. But in reality this is only an odd win achieved in our backyard. We win RECENT attack on Harbhajan by and we lose some also. Jaipur coup Ponting and the earlier one by happened only after Aussies Adam Gilchrist all appear true now pinned us to the post at Pune and as he is always a controversial per- achieved a big 72-run win to open sonality in Indian side. The Aus- their account. tralian’s remarks may look absurd With an Indian umpire at one end from the Indian point of view but in command it is quite underin reality he was a trouble shooter standable that Indian Team is havin the Indian side. Controversy is a ing undue advantage with Indian part and parcel of Harbhajan Singh XII against Australian XI. Team from the moment he started his India is having undue advantage Test career as an off-spinner. He with pitches prepared to the liking was called for chucking and re- of the home team and the boundaries are shorter than expected so ferred to ICC thrice. He could take over 400 plus that Indian batsmen need not exert Test wickets, thanks to his suspect much and score boundaries and action which fetched him survive. Last time when Aussies basketful of wickets in the initial toured India, the touring team outstages of his career. The recent played us 1-4 in one-day series and controversy was a spat with the more recently West Indies A team Mumbai crowd when he was strug- defeated India A, then only we gling to take wickets in the come- made a frantic attempt to square back trail. Earlier, Harbhajan had a the series. Why then so much tiff with a TV cameraman at Ban- hype? galore before boarding a plane to — C.K. Ramanathan, Ghaziabad away, he was caught by Shiva. For his transgression and listening to teaching of Yoga, Shiva decided to punish him. Shiva asked the serpent to pass the teaching to human beings. Ananta, without changing his form approached human beings to teach yoga. But people were scared of his form and ran away. Ananta

then went back to Shiva and told him about the difficulty. Shiva then asked him to take a human form. Ananta then took human form and came to be known as Patanjali. He then taught yoga to human beings. Sage Patanjali is sometimes depicted as a snake with human head due to this incident. — S. Abhisheck Ramaswamy, Sanpada

Sharif ’s doublespeak on LoC violations THIS is with reference to your edit piece ‘Both Pak govt. and army are behind LoC operations’ (ADC, Oct 18) in which you have drawn attention to eight ceasefire violations by Pak in the last 72 hours. Ceasefire agreements have to be honoured by both the parties and India alone cannot be sitting counting the number of violations that Pakistan makes everyday. Their present Prime Minister is not new to us and we have had enough experience of his double talk earlier. The increased hostility along the LoC is a clear indication of their sinister design of waging a ‘proxy war’ using their own armymen in ‘mufti’ as ‘non-state actors’ in order to fool the world. Violating the ceasefire does not need to be the ‘privilege’ of only our neighbour and we should also have a hand in it. Therefore it is high time that no further violations are tolerated and they are paid back in their own coin.

TWO-TIMER: Nawaz Sharif talks of peace with India on the one hand and then blames hostile Pakistani army for violations along the Line of Control.

is absolutely not only ridiculous but rubbish. If this be the case then possibly Sharif should take care of himself and the ruling — Dr. V. Subramanyan, Thane party to be careful since the army is likely to stage a coup and capture Sharif and his federal admin ‘BOTH, Pak govt and army are be- istrative colleagues without any hind LoC operations’ (ADC, Oct warning. However, Indians are not 18); the edit piece categorically re- fools as he may think and he veals that Nawaz Sharif, the Pak should order immediate ceasefire head of the state is indeed fooling at the LoC and thereby respect the the Indian PM by indicating that sovereignty of Indian border. He the army’s agenda is different than should not forget that in the wars that of their administrative one. in the past, India was streets Sharif is trying to make believe ahead of Pakistan. that the Pak army is hostile, which — Bikram Banerjea, Mumbai

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Inflation

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Introduction Inflation Inflation is a global economic concept. It is a situation in which prices of goods rise rapidly by decreasing the value of money.

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1. Define the term 'inflation'

Ans Inflation is generally associated with rapidly rising prices. In simple terms, inflation is decline in purchasing power due to an increase in prices.

2. State and examine the definition of Inflation given by prof Crowther and prof Kemmever. Ans I Prof Crowther has defined 'inflation' as 'a state in which the value of money is falling, i.e. prices are rising.' II This definition emphasises on the rise in price level as a symptom rather than cause of Inflation. III However, this definition fails to explain why the price level increases from time to time. IV Prof Kemmever has defined inflation as 'Too much currency in relation to the physical volume of business being done.' V This definition compares the two things. The supply of currency on one side and supply of physical goods and services on the other side. VI The above definitions establish cause and effect relationship between supply of money and the price level.

3. Increase in demand for goods and services: Ans Demand for goods and services increases due to the following factors: 1 Increase in public and private expenditure: I An increase in public expenditure due to war, development policies etc leads to increase in demand for goods and services in the economy. II An increase in private expenditure leads to a rise in demand for goods and services. 2 Increase in export: I An increase in export reduces the stock of commodities available for home consumption. II It creates a shortage of goods in the economy as the demand exceeds the supply. 3 Reduction in taxation: I Reduction in taxes increases the purchasing power of consumers. II It leads to increase in demand for goods and services. 4 Rapid growth of population: A rapidly growing population increases level of demand for goods and services in a country. 5 Deficit Financing: 1 Government meets the deficit by borrowing from the public and reserve bank and also by printing notes. II This raises money supply so demand and prices also rise. 6 Availability of credit: I Due to easy availability of credit facilities, consumer spending also increases. I Consumer spending also increases. II It increases demand for goods and services. All above factors give rise to Inflationary pressure.

4. Decrease in Supply of goods and services: Ans Decrease in supply of goods and services takes place due to the following factors: 1 Shortage of factors of production: The shortage of factors like land, labour, capital, raw material etc. reduces the production of goods and services. II It decreases the level of supply. 2 Industrial disputes: 1 Industrial disputes result into strike, which may lead to lockout. II That decreases the industrial production and reduces its supply. 3 Natural Calamities: Natural calamities like flood, drought etc adversely affects the supply of farm products and raw material. 4 Lopsided production:

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nline payments, extension of dates, have served to boost admissions to the varsity’s distance learning institute. The Mumbai University (MU) has achieved real success after it stepped up the technological innovations for admission processes. Taking a count of enrollments and admissions received till Saturday evening, the MU stated that it has recorded 76,941 admissions for the academic year 2013-2014. Surpassing last year’s target of 70,000 students to be enrolled, the institute is welcoming more admissions until the month end. The IDOL is an institute for the students wanting to pursue education through correspondence. The institute offers 14 courses from the traditional streams along with various certificate and degree courses. Despite reservations expressed from various corners regarding the non-viability of the online admission process reaching all centers under

ECONOMICS - 4 More production of comforts and luxury goods reduces the supply of essential goods in the market and hence causes inflation. 5 Hoarding of goods: I Hoarding of goods is done by supplier to earn more profit. II Consumers also tend to hoard goods, expecting prices to rise in near future. III It leads to inflation.

5. The effect of inflation on distribution: Ans I Inflation leads to unequal distribution of wealth and income. II Rich become richer and poor become poorer. III Entrepreneurs earn more profit as the prices rise faster than the cost of production. IV Fixed income earners like pensioners and salaried persons are adversely affected by inflation because their money income remains the same while the value of money falls. V Investors investing in equity shares are the gainers where as those who invest in fixed income like bonds and deposits are losers. VI Debtors are the gainers and the creditors are the losers. VII Big farmers are the gainers because prices of agricultural goods rise where as small farmers are losers. They do not gain much as the major portion of their produce is kept for self-consumption.

6. Fiscal measures to control inflation: Ans Some of the important fiscal measures to control inflation are as follows: 1 Reduction in public expenditure: 1 Government expenditure should be reduced to control inflation. 2 Increase in taxes: Government increases level of taxes and imposes new taxes. It leads to fall in the consumptions expenditure. 3 Surplus budget: The government has to adopt surplus budget to control inflation. 4 Public borrowing: The government borrows money from market, private individuals and firms to withdraw the excess purchasing power of the people. It reduces demand and hence prices come down. 5 Over-valuation: Over valuation discourages exports and increases availability of goods in the domestic market.

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the jurisdiction of MU, IDOL and university officials went ahead with the decision to have online admissions and appointed the Mahaonline portal to facilitate the same. The online admission process was started in July 2012, giving an opportunity to students from outside the city and the country to opt for studies via correspondence. After the varsity introduced online payment scheme through credit or debits cards, students from abroad and various other states or districts stepped forward and enrolled themselves for various courses. Prior to this, it was difficult for students to apply for admission as they had to travel all the way to the varsity and manually submit documents and then pay the fees themselves. Though the MU has nearly touched 77,000 admissions, it has extended its online admissions from October 21 to October 28. The ADC spoke to Dr Harishchandan, director of IDOL, who said, “There has been a delay in admissions due to the online process but we are not rushing anything as the process is here to stay. This year, as it was the second year for admissions to all courses, we are allowing students to take their time to understand the system, though delayed, we are proud to say that the number has crossed over 77,000 enrollments this year. We have also identified the reasons for the delays and will be correcting them before we start the online admissions next year.

Online payment of fees through credit/debit cards This year, the MU started accepting payment of fees through debit/credit cards. This mode of online payment was introduced after students from abroad and various states complained about difficulties faced for manual payment of fees. As a matter of fact, at that time, many students were not able to get their admissions due to the problems arising from payment required to be made across the counter.

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India Inc is shocked, antagonized and alarmed after an FIR was filed against industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and former coal secretary PC Parakh on charges of criminal conspiracy. There is also a feeling that with repeated episodes of a trust deficit between Industry and Government, business sentiment and the investment environment would be vitiated and the country could slip further from the growth trajectory that is so necessary for India to maintain. Mayura Shanbaug reports... â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is desirable though to ensure that all facts of the case are laid upfront before proceeding against respected and reputed individualsâ&#x20AC;Ś Every effort should be made to ensure that there is no atmosphere of fear created, when it comes to decision making. Kris Gopalakrishnan President, CII

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The reality of the matter is very different from what has been projectedâ&#x20AC;Ś The actual allocation of the mine was done in November 2005, which is nine years after the first application was made.â&#x20AC;?

Debu Bhattacharya Managing Director, Hindalco

â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the recent past, we have been witness to some very unfortunate developments. We find that cases are being registered against top bureaucrats and industry icons. It goes without saying that such developments dent the national psyche and also dampen investor confidence; both domestic and foreign.â&#x20AC;? Naina Lal Kidwai President , FICCI & Country Head, HSBC India

"Is the government aware of what is happening at the ground level and the way regulatory bodies are behaving? Whether it is the CBI or the EOW, there are far bigger fish in the waterâ&#x20AC;? Deepak Parekh Chairman, HDFC

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hindalco owns only 15 % of that company. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t control that company. And just because some coal block reserved for public sector is partially allocated to private sector, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing wrong with that. It was done by the government. So I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bit ridiculous. It spoils sentiment, it spoils perceptionâ&#x20AC;? Adi Godrej Chairman, Godrej group

y registering an FIR against industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and former coal secretary PC Parakh on charges of criminal conspiracy and misuse of official position over alleged irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has stirred a hornetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nest. It has not only antagonized and alarmed India Inc, but also marred business sentiment in the country at a time when the overall sentiments and the economy are at an all time low. The news not only had an impact on the share markets but also on the confidence of foreign investors doing business or wanting to invest in India. And in an irony of sorts, the CBIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s action comes at a time when Indian firms have been judged for the best performance among emerging market economies in terms of transparency in corporate reporting by the anti- corruption watchdog Transparency International. The CBI had booked Birla as a representative of the Aditya Birla Group and his company Hindalco, one of the biggest producers of primary aluminum in Asia, for alleged corruption in the allocation of the Talabira II coal blocks in Odisha which was allotted to it on November 10, 2005. The CBI may be doing its job in probing all the companies involved in the coal mining operation or allotment done during a period of 1993 to 2008. A Standing Committee report had suggested that allocation of all coal blocks between 1993 and 2008 was unlawful, seeking licenses of those mines where production hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t started to be cancelled, in effect indicting both the NDA and UPA regimes. But â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dragging a well-known industrialist into this will certainly be seen as a deterrent for investment,â&#x20AC;? said Chairman of the Godrej group, Adi Godrej in an interview on television. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hindalco owns only 15 % of that company. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t control that company. And just because some coal block reserved for public sector is partially allocated to private sector, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing wrong with that. It was done by the government. So I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bit ridiculous. It spoils sentiment, it spoils perception,â&#x20AC;? added Godrej. Birla also found strong support from Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC. Describing Birla as "clean as a whistle", and one who has always walked

the straight line, he said the move was "shameful". "I can give you examples of dozens of people who have defrauded investors, shareholders and banks and continue to walk free. You are scaring business out of the country, this is why industries are looking outside," Parekh said. "Is the government aware of what is happening at the ground level and the way regulatory bodies are behaving? Whether it is the CBI or the EOW, there are far bigger fish in the water," he said. Naina Lal Kidwai, President FICCI & Country Head of HSBC India, agrees that the key to sustaining economic growth and promoting development is good governance and quality decision making. However, â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the recent past, we have been witness to some very unfortunate developments. We find that cases are being registered against top bureaucrats and industry icons. It goes without saying that such developments dent the national psyche and also dampen investor confidence; both domestic and foreign,â&#x20AC;? Kidwai said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is also a feeling that

with repeated episodes of a trust deficit between Industry and Government, the business sentiment and the investment environment would be vitiated and India could slip further from the growth trajectory that is so necessary for us to maintain,â&#x20AC;? she added. According to CBI, the charges relate to criminal conspiracy and corruption in the allocation of a captive coal block in 2005 in Orissa, which was primarily meant for public sector firms. The investigation agency has alleged that the block was allocated to Neyveli Lignite and Mahanadi Coalfields (both PSUs) in 2005 but sometime in the middle of the year Birla met Parakh after which the earlier decision of the screening committee was overturned and Hindalco was also accommodated along with the two. The CBI claims Hindalco did not meet the criteria for being awarded a mining lease, but the AV Birla Group, on its part, has strongly denied the charges stating that every process stipulated under the coal allocation policy

I am not worried about the FIR... I have done nothing wrong but I cannot comment on it now. Life moves onâ&#x20AC;Ś Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group

by the government were followed. The CBI has so far lodged 14 cases against individuals and firms including other high profile industrialists like Naveen Jindal and his company JSPL, Kumaramangalam Birla, Congress MP Vijay Darda and his brother Rajendra Darda, JLD Yavatmal Energy Limited, AMR Iron & Steel Private Limited, Vini Iron & Steel Udyog among others. Incidentally, Hindalco Managing Director Debu Bhattacharya has clarified in a statement that the application for the Talabira II mine (for which CBI filed the FIR) was made in 1996 by Indal, the Indian subsidiary of Alcan, the Canadian aluminium major. Indal was Continued on pg 14 ÂŤ

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The National Stock Exchange (NSE) said a special muhurat live trading session will be held on November 3, on account of Diwali. The stock market would open from 18.15 hrs on November 3 and would close at 19.30 hrs, the NSE said in a circular. "All trades executed in this Diwali muhurat trading session shall result in settlement obligations," it said.

INVESTOR WEALTH SURGES OVER RS 1 LAKH CRORE

Investors last Friday became richer by over Rs 1 lakh crore, with benchmark Sensex witnessing 460-point rally amid easing concerns over the US tapering. With BSE benchmark Sensex surging 467.38 points, or 2.29%, to 20,882.89, the highest level in almost three years, investor wealth soared by Rs 1.07 lakh crore to Rs 67,23,852.78 crore. The broader National Stock Exchange index Nifty shot-up by 143.50 points, or 2.37%, to close at 6,189.35. As many as 75 stocks hit their fresh 52-week high on the BSE.

BSE PERMITS BLOCK DEALS FOR ILLIQUID SCRIPS

Leading stock exchange BSE has allowed block deals for illiquid stocks trading in the periodic call auction sessions. All illiquid scrips in the equity market are conducted only through periodic call auction sessions. "Trading Members of the Exchange are hereby informed that Block Deals are allowed to be executed in the scrips trading in Periodic Call Auction Session through Block Deal Window," BSE said in a notification.

OVL BLOCKS CHINESE BID, TO BUY STAKE IN BRAZILIAN OILFIELD

In a first by an Indian firm, ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) has exercised its pre-emption rights to block China's Sinochem Group from buying 35% interest in a Brazilian oilfield for USD 1.54 billion. OVL, the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), in collaboration with Royal Dutch Shell will buy the 35% stake in block BC-10, known as Parque das Conchas, that Brazil's Petrobras had planned to sell to Sinochem, sources with direct knowledge of the development said.

SEBI NOTICE TO ATTACH BANK ACCOUNTS IN IPO FRAUD CASE

Sebi has ordered attachment of bank accounts of three individuals to recover penalties worth over Rs 12 crore slapped on them for irregularities in initial public offers (IPOs) of various firms between 200305. The market regulator had imposed penalties on Roopalben Nareshbhai Panchal, Arjav Nareshbhai Panchal and Biren Kantilal Shah for cornering shares in the IPOs of IDFC, NTPC, Tata Consultancy Services, Suzlon Energy and Yes Bank, among others.

S&P RISES TO NEW HIGH BOOSTED BY EARNINGS

S&P 500 extended its recent gains to hit a fresh high as Wall Street cheered some better-thanexpected corporate earnings results. Google soared more than 12% to top USD 1000 a share for the first time, after the search-engine giant posted better-than-expected earnings on Thursday after the closing bell. At least 16 brokerages raised their price targets on the stock to between USD 880 and USD 1,220, with Deutsche Bank bumping up its target price by 26%. The stock is up nearly 40% year to date.

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the first application was made,” said Bhattacharya, adding that Hindalco made several representations to the govacquired by Hindalco in 2000, which sub- ernment, but only through “formal chansequently pursued the matter. “The reali- nels”. ty of the matter is very different from “To imply that our Chairman, Kumar what has been projected… The actual Mangalam Birla, managed to overturn the allocation of the mine was done in decision of the screening committee is November 2005, which is nine years after preposterous. The truth of the matter is

GOVERNMENT IN DAMAGE CONTROL MODE….

Looking at the backlash of CBI’s action, the government has swung in damage control mode. According to reports the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had asked Chidamabaram and Commerce and Industry Minister, Anand Sharma to reassure the industrialists that the government is not against them. Finance Minister P Chidamabaram met Birla recently. According to reports during the meeting which lasted for about half-an-hour, in which the Aditya Birla Group Chairperson is believed to have told the finance minister that he has done nothing wrong. “I am not worried about the FIR... I have done nothing wrong but I cannot comment on it now. Life moves on,” Birla said after

coming out of the chamber. Birla may move on after this incident but this incident has put forth many unanswered question about transparency of government machinery, conducive business climate of this country, India’s reputation amongst Indian as well as foreign investors, and over enthusiasm of investigating agency. What needs to be done to restore confidence is as Gopalakrishnan puts it correctly. “Every effort should be made to ensure that there is no atmosphere of fear created, when it comes to decision making. Swift decisions and transparent policy environment are pre requisites of an enabling business climate. This is best done if the Government and Industry work together,” he said.

that the Talabira II and III mines together have been finally allotted jointly to Mahanadi Coal Fields and Neyveli Lignite, both public sector undertakings, with Hindalco having only a 15% stake in the joint venture,” explained Bhattacharya. However, Kris Gopalakrishnan, President, The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) said that it is absolutely within CBI’s rights to proceed against any person to ensure that the law of the land is preserved, irrespective of the stature of the person. “It is desirable though to ensure that all facts of the case are laid upfront before proceeding against respected and reputed individuals,” he said. Commenting on the underlying issue of allocation of natural resources, Gopalkrishnan feels that there is no one method which applies to all natural resources, when it comes to pricing and allocation. “However, every effort must be made to ensure that the process followed for a particular kind of natural resource ensures that there is no human discretion possible, even while ensuring that the national interests are given supremacy. The process of coal block allocation has to be such that there is no scope for discretionary decision making,” he added.

Hungary Seeks To Enhance Economic Ties With India By A Business Reporter

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s the economy of Hungary depicts gradual recovery from the aftermath of the 2008 crisis we have strategized “Opening to the East” policy in order to diverge from the European markets. In this pursuant we seek to increase our engagement with the rapidly growing Indian economy”, said Peter Bilek, Vice President, Hungarian Investment and Trade Agency at an interactive meeting with a high level business delegation from Hungary being led by the Viktor Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary. The meeting was jointly organised by MVIRDC World Trade Centre Mumbai and All India Association of Industries. Calling upon Indian investments into the Hungarian economy Bilek said that the economy displays ease of doing business with low taxation rates, conducive business environment, subsidies and incentives to promote business. Bilek added that there exists scope for cooperation in the MSME sectors of the economies in the sectors of

<< Peter Bilek, Vice President, Hungarian Investment and Trade Agency, Vijay Kalantri, Vice-Chairman, MVIRDC World Trade Centre Mumbai and President, All India Association of Industries and Capt. Somesh Batra, Vice-Chairman, MVIRDC World Trade Centre during an interactive meeting with a high level business delegation from Hungary organised by MVIRDC World Trade Centre Mumbai and All India Association of Industries. agro, food processing, textiles, chemicals, technology, etc. Present on the occasion was Zsolt Pakozdy, Senior Economic & Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of Hungary. Pakozdy said the Hungarian economy invites the Indian business community in Hungary with business friendly laws. Indian investors

seeking to invest in Hungary may apply for the Schengen visa. Also, Indian companies investing over US$ 15,000 can register for residential visa, he added. Earlier, in his welcome address Vijay Kalantri, ViceChairman, MVIRDC World Trade Centre Mumbai and President, All India Association

of Industries said that the bilateral trade between India and Hungary stands at US$ 600 million in favour of India. India’s exports to Hungary include organic chemicals, machinery & appliances, pharmaceuticals products, electrical machinery & equipments, auto & auto parts. India’s import from Hungary include machinery & equipments, electrical machinery, iron & steel, auto & auto parts, rubber & rubber articles, paper & paper articles, etc. However, Indian investments in the Hungarian economy stand at an US$ 1.5 billion. Further, 500 business-tobusiness meetings with nearly 70 companies of Hungary were held. Representatives from the sectors of automotive, ICT, renewable energy, bio-pharma, construction, electronic goods, education, engineering, tourism, jewellery, water management, chemicals, machinery, food processing, textiles, legal services, logistics, furniture, financial services, international trade and developments, sports and social services participated in the meetings.

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MUMBAI | MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2013

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fter appreciating for six weeks the Rupee traded weak during the start of the week but eventually recovered and closed slightly weak with help of local equities, which closed positively for the third consecutive week. The Dollar came under pressure last week, along with European shares, as the U.S. budget deal gave way to worries over the economic impact of the government shutdown and

prospects of a re-run early next year. Also Chinese credit agency Dagong, downgraded the U.S. sovereign rating to A- from A with a negative outlook, driving further dollar losses, which helped Rupee to trade firm against the dollar. The trading range for the USD/INR pair for the week is expected to be within 60.00 to 63.00. It is recommended to be cautious and Buy USD/INR Futures on dips with the appropriate stop loss as Rupee is expected to depreciate against dollar. Pivot Point for the Pair is at 61.57. US politicians struck a last-minute debt deal but some damage to US activity had already been done. Combined with this year's sharp fiscal tightening and significant rise in bond yields, this could leave H2 growth clearly weaker than expected. With the end of the government shutdown in the US, the calendar will return to normal. The September employment report will be released next week. The data should not surprise much and we expect a decent report. Fed tapering is likely to be pushed into next year and our baseline scenario is now the 29 January meeting. A later

tapering is already pretty much priced in our view. The postponement of Fed tapering helps risk sentiment. The recovery of Chinese growth should also support risk assets - and Emerging Markets. The news coming out of Europe is still quite encouraging and we continue to see clear upside risk to euro area growth relative to the consensus expectations. We expect US bonds to continue to outperform Germany, as the euro area continues to recover while the US is stuck at a low growth track in the short term. In the Euro area a number of important soft data are due for release with PMIs as the most interesting - we expect further signs of a brighter economic outlook. We have revised our forecast for Q3 GDP growth in the UK upwards

to 0.7% q/q. Minutes from Bank of England's October meeting are due for release. Chinese flash HSBC manufacturing PMI is expected to have improved slightly. Japan's CPI figure might emphasize that it will be very difficult for Bank of Japan to reach its 2% inflation target. In the commodity sector, crude oil prices plummeted. The front-month WTI contract slumped to as low as 100.03, a level not seen since July, before ending the day at 100.67, down -1.58%. The Brent crude contract fell to a 6-day low of 108.71 before settling at 109.11, down -1.34%. A chunk of data release has been delayed due to the government shutdown since October 1. As the debt impasse ends, the BLS has announced that the September employment report will be released on October 22 and the October employment report will be released on November 8 (a week later than the original schedule). The EIA's oil report for the week ended October 11 would be released on October 21 while that for the week ended October 18 on October 23.

AMFI Extends Fee Waiver For New Distributors Till March 2014

By Dominic Rebello

utual fund industry body Amfi has decided to extend the fee waiver for new distributors from September 30, 2013, to March 31, 2014, with a view to attract more distributors. AMFI started issuing ARN free of cost to individuals and new cadre of distributors (for those who register for the first time) from February 2013 in a bid to expand the distribution force. Amfi had earlier decided to extend the fee waiver for new distributors from June 30 to September end this year. The fee waiver assumes significance at a time when the industry is struggling to attract distributors to sell MF products. At present, the number of independent financial advisors (IFAs) stands at about 49,000, while corporate distributors number about 6,000. In contrast, the insurance industry has about 2.5 million agents selling insurance products. As per information available on AMFI's website, around 1200 people have applied with AMFI for an ARN license till March 2013. Around 200 applications under the new cadre of distributor category were received till March 2013. However, industry officials are of the view that these numbers aren’t encouraging. The fee waiver is especially targeted at the ‘new cadre of distributors’ that was formed by Sebi in September last year. New cadre of distributors include intermediaries engaged in distribution of financial products e.g. insurance agent, FD agent, national savings scheme products, PPF, etc. registered with any other finan-

cial services regulator and business correspondents appointed by banks. The new category, which allows personnel such as postal agents and retired government officials to sell units of simple MF schemes, has got a lukewarm response, with just about 1,000 people signing up under this category in the last one year. As per rates put up on Amfi's website, individuals have to pay Rs 3,000 for the Amfi registration number (ARN), while the new cadre of distributors has to pay Rs 1,500 for the registration. This fee has been waived off till the end of March next year. For ARN renewal, individuals have to pay Rs 1,500, while the new cadre of distributors has to shell out Rs 750. ARN licenses are valid up to three years. MUTUAL FUND UPDATE

HDFC MF introduces FMP 370D Oct. 2013 (3) TOP PERFORMING FUNDS

HDFC Mutual Fund has launched the New Fund Offer (NFO) of HDFC FMP 370D October 2013 (3), a close ended income scheme. The NFO opens for subscription on Oct 18, 2013, and closes on Oct 22, 2013. No entry load or exit load will be applicable for the scheme. The minimum subscription amount is Rs 5,000. The scheme’s performance will be benchmarked against CRISIL Short Term Bond Fund Index and its fund managers are Shobhit Mehrotra and Rakesh Vyas.

Franklin Templeton MF declares dividend Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund has announced dividend under the dividend option of Direct Plan and Regular Plan of Franklin India Opportunities Fund and Franklin India Infotech Fund. The record date for declaration of dividend is October 18, 2013. The amount of dividend (Rs per unit) on the face value of

Scheme Name ICICI Prudential Exports and Other Services Fund - Growth Taurus Ultra Short Term Bond -Super IP -Growth HDFC Index Fund - Sensex Plan Peerless Income Plus Fund - Growth Morgan Stanley Active Bond Fund – Reg -Growth Peerless Liquid Fund - Super IP -Growth Religare Invesco Gilt Fund - Short Duration Plan - Growth ICICI Prudential Balanced - Growth

Nature Equity Debt Equity Debt Debt Liquid Gilt Balanced

1 M% 8.86 1.16 4.62 1.47 0.31 0.88 0.84 4.34

6 M% 30.27 4.87 10.98 4.81 2.48 4.69 5.42 6.61

1 Y% 38.87 9.93 12.24 8.53 11.74 9.32 14.6 9.73

3 Y% 9.48 9.78 1.54 7.44 7.61 9.37 8.91 7.59

*Note:- Returns calculated for less than 1 year are absolute returns and returns calculated for more than 1 year are compounded annualized. NAV as on October 18, 2013.

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Reliance Mutual Fund declares dividend under two schemes Reliance Mutual Fund has announced dividend under the dividend payout option of Reliance Fixed Horizon Fund XX - Series 32 and Reliance Dual Advantage Fixed Tenure Fund - Plan B. The record date for declaration of dividend is October 17, 2013. The amount of dividend (Rs per unit) under each scheme will be entire distributable surplus available in the scheme as on the record date on the face value of Rs 10 per unit.

Union KBC Mutual Fund launches Union KBC Trigger Fund- Series 1 Union KBC Mutual Fund has launched Union KBC Trigger Fund- Series 1, a close-ended equity scheme. The new issue opened for subscription on October 14 and it will close on October 25. The scheme will be benchmarked against S&P BSE 200 Index.

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Redefining Residential Townships Amongst the largest FDI-backed real estate projects, Ensaara Metropark in Nagpur is a result of collaboration with leading international and Indian partners and could establish a new benchmark for master planned districts

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uxora Infrastructure Pvt Ltd (LIPL) has announced the launch of Ensaara Metropark, a unique, metropark project in the state of Maharashtra, under the Government of Maharashtra’s Special Township Policy. With this, the developers will redefine the concept of the traditional residential township, by establishing a new benchmark for master planned districts and a highly sought-after destination. Strategically located near Nagpur’s main growth axis, Wardha Road, Ensaara Metropark will be spread across approximately 280acres and will be built in a phased

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manner. The entire project will be a fully integrated, vibrant, mixed-use neighborhood featuring a lake, school, college, hospital, a clubhouse, shopping mall, restaurants and a dedicated sports complex amongst a host of other lifestyle amenities and facilities. Commenting on the choice of Nagpur for the project, Sanjay Kothari, Chief Executive Officer of LIPL, said “As the largest city in central India and a fast-growing metro that connects the country, we believe Nagpur has a great future given its economic growth, large corporate and infrastructure investments and entrepreneurship. It was therefore the ideal location for

We believe Nagpur has a great future given its economic growth, large corporate and infrastructure investments and entrepreneurship. Sanjay Kothari, Chief Executive Officer, LIPL

creating a landmark like Ensaara.” Unveiling the project, Chaitanya Parekh, Director of LIPL, said “Ensaara, India’s first metro park is an inspiring combination of large, green open spaces and modern, urban housing and lifestyle amenities. It has been meticulously master planned and designed for Nagpur by award-winning international and Indian partners and incorporates contemporary, environment-friendly features on the Gold Certificate guidelines of the Indian

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<< Proposed Ensaara Metropark Green Building Council, and will have an expanse of almost 150acres of parkland and water bodies.” Jointly promoted by the Aanya and Luxora Groups, Parekh said that the Group’s quest is to develop luxury residential homes with an emphasis on intelligent design, high quality, beautiful structures and international standards. “This vision has transcended in every inch of this masterpiece creation – a vision that has manifested itself in the form of this project,” he added. The project is strategically located in the natural growth corridor of Nagpur. Situated between the city’s inner and outer ring roads, and with close proximity to Wardha Road, its residents can conveniently zip down to the commercial hubs of the city centre, MIHAN, Butibori and Higna from any one of its multiple access points, whilst the international airport is less than 15 minutes away. The Metropark will offer a variety of residences ranging from 1-BHK to 4-BHK luxury apartments (Sky Villas, Tree line, Vista and Horizon Apartments), select row houses (Park Houses) and even a few exclusive bungalows (Park Mansions). In addition to these diverse property types, Ensaara Metropark will have prayer and worship zone, indoor sports complex/sports academy, school, shopping, club house facilities, lakeside shopping and restaurants, bus station, fire station, petrol station, police chowki, hospital, business park, shopping malls/multiplex/office, hotel and a training institute. State-of-the-art infrastructure will

include constant electrical power, water treatment and supply and fibre optic cabling. Wide roads will meet the needs of pedestrians, drivers, cyclists and public transport users alike, whilst encouraging walkable, pedestrian-friendly communities and walk-to-work living in a safe and secure environment. The beautifully-designed landscape will include, amongst others, a 30acre Central Park, a biodiversity park, pocket parks, gardens and adventure playgrounds to provide a multitude of experiences and diverse range of environments for residents to enjoy. The large lake and water features will become a key focus of the community with the lake edge providing promenades, walks, plaza and cafes. Focus on functional design has been paramount. “Warmer in winter and cooler in summer was the mandate to our team. Their intelligent designs combine the use of orientation, shading, landscape, thermal barrier paint, double glazed windows and underground water tanks to help naturally achieve more comfortable homes for our customers throughout the year” said Deepak Vasandani, Director of LIPL. Ensaara Metropark is one of the largest FDI-backed real estate projects in Central India. It is a result of the collaboration with leading international and Indian partners and affiliates, such as US masterplanners HOK, Mumbai-based Kadri Consultants, Dubai-headquartered landscape architects Cracknell, infrastructure specialists Feedback Ventures, and Nagpur-based architects V.K. Associates.

he International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, the Finance Minister and the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India have different views on the direction of the Indian economy, while the first two are not so upbeat, the other two are upbeat. The IMF in its World Economic Outlook projected an average growth rate of about 3.75% in market prices for India in 2013-14, which is expected to pick up to 5.1% next year. India's GDP growth slowed to 5% in the year ended March from an average of 8% over the past decade. The World Bank: In April, the World Bank had projected India's GDP would grow at 6.1% in the current financial year and at 6.7% the following year. The World Bank has now slashed India's economic growth forecast for the current financial year to 4.7% It said the pace of economic activity in 2013-14 will be hampered by a weak outturn during the first quarter. In addition, two consecutive months (July-August) of negative business sentiment and higher interest rates may curb the potential for recovery in the second quarter of 201314 even after manufacturing output rebounded in July. Although output growth in the first quarter of the current fiscal year fell to 4.4%, growth is expected to rebound strongly in the second half of 2013-2014 with core inflation trending down, a bumper crop expected in agriculture and exports likely to benefit substantially from the rupee's depreciation A 5% increase in the area sown is expected to raise agricultural growth to

3.4% from 1.9% a year ago Growth is expected to improve further in the medium term as strengthening exports support a recovery in industrial activity and new investment projects come on stream. India's growth potential remains high but its macroeconomic vulnerabilities - high headline inflation, an elevated current account deficit, and rising pressure on fiscal balances from the depreciation of the rupee - could impact the speed of economic recovery according to the World Bank, While market sentiment has improved in the past few weeks, challenges remain, highlighting the importance of prudent macroeconomic policies and continued reforms to set strong foundations for accelerated growth, said the World Bank. The current situation offers an opportunity to strengthen the business environment and enhance fiscal space even as the reform momentum has accelerated in the past few months. Activity is expected to pick up strongly in the last six months of the fiscal year, rising above 6% in the fourth quarter of the current fiscal, the World Bank said. This will come as financial markets stabilize, exporters take advantage of improvements in external competitiveness following the depreciation in the rupee, the manufacturing sector recovery continues and delayed investment projects begin to come on stream. Pressure on inflation is likely to moderate, the World Bank said. The bank cut its projection for wholesale price index (WPI) inflation to 5.3% for the current financial year against its earlier forecast of 6.7%. The downward

JAGDEEP KAPOOR

is CMD of Samsika Marketing Consultancy

« BRAND BUILDING

eople in marketing and advertising and in the business of communication tend to talk more or and listen less. Further, they are more prone to seeing stars and having grand visions and may be even looking the other way, rather than noticing and observing. My suggestion to marketing and advertising people is to listen more and to observe more. Let us tackle the first element of listening. Everyone knows that there is a major difference between hearing and listening. How is this relevant in marketing? The importance and relevance shouts

CLIFTON DESILVA

demand for imported oil - which accounts for more than one-third of total merchandise imports - have kept imports elevated while the exports response was subdued," it said. In July and August, exports rebounded strongly and imports came down, and a continuation of these trends is expected to bring down the trade deficit in the quarters ahead, it said. The Finance Minister thinks otherwise and is of the view that the economy

economic growth would start to pick up in the fourth quarter after a commission gave the green light to scores of resource projects that had been put on hold duris an ing a sweeping government review of investment expert transparency and environmental policy. and a Director at He said about half of the $115 billion Altina Securities. worth of stalled projects had been cleared. "The effects of that clearance will show up toward the end of the year. So growth will start picking up because these large projects will start coming back on stream," he said. The second piece of good news is the monsoon has momentum in core WPI inflation, been very good ... with a bountiful harobserved throughout calendar 2013, is vest, and with the associated activities expected to continue in 2013-14, it said. like animal husbandry, poultry, also Six consecutive quarters of sub-6% picking up, you can see a lot more value growth have allowed for an opening of in the rural areas, which will help sentithe output gap, which is likely to limit ment and growth," he said. inflationary pressures even with the The Governor said that investors were expected acceleration in economic quick to blame structural dysfunction activity during the forecast period, the for India's economic troubles, but that bank said. the issues were more likely to do with the Fuel prices, on the other hand, will unwinding of stimulus in the wake of the continue to add to the inflationary global financial crisis, policy reviews momentum as international oil prices stalling projects, and a spike-up in are likely to remain elevated throughout Indian demand for gold. the forecast period. "Altogether, WPI In summary it appears that the Indian inflation is expected to average 5.3% in economy is bottoming out and there are the current fiscal year and decelerate visible signs an economy on the uptick. further to 5.2% in 2014-15 as pressure However in the short run the markets from food prices declines due to an may be subject to news flows especially improvement in agricultural output," it would grow by 5.5% on the election front both at state level said. The Governor of the Reserve Bank of and national level and there could be a On the current account deficit (CAD), India is of the view that India's economy lot of volatility and at times the dips may the report said, it is expected to narrow will pick up by year-end thanks to the be quite sharp depending on the flow of to 4.1% of GDP in the current fiscal start-up of billions of dollars worth of news. These are the opportunities that against an earlier projection of 4.5%. stalled resource projects and a good investors should use to build up a "The first quarter of FY2014 witnessed a monsoon season that will bolster agri- healthy portfolio which could provide as widening of the trade deficit as the cultural production, much as 100% returns over the next two depreciation in the rupee and inelastic According to the Governor India's years as the economy rebounds.

« INVESTING

Brand Building Through Listening at us when we realize that a sound and prudent marketing strategy is based on understanding the needs and desires of customers. If we would like to have a clear understanding of the needs to emerge, we can do that through listening to our customers. However, most sales, marketing and advertising communication people spend 90% of their time talking to their customers rather than listening to them. There is a myth that talking is the major part

of communication, whereas listening instead could be a very potent tool. Sometimes, sales, marketing and advertising people not only talk to their customers but talk down to them. This could be quite dangerous. Further, in the area of customer service and problem handling, many a customer calms down if he is attended to and listened to. Listening gives us great insights into why a particular customer consumes a product or service thereby further refining our knowledge of customers and helping us build an effective marketing strategy. The other element, which is equally powerful in appreciating consumer behaviour and thus going ahead with relevant marketing strategies, is the aspect of observing. Observations studies clearly bring out the fact that different consumers behave differently. Observations give us great insights into the area of how and when customers consume particular products and services.

Observation also brings out clear indications of non-verbal communication through gestures and postures which may help build appropriate sales, marketing and advertising approach. Thus, it becomes important to observe and notice customer behaviour for a more purposeful marketing exercise rather than let your gaze wander. Observation helps you focus and thus get closer to the customer in terms of satisfying his needs and wants. Market research agencies do a wonderful job by using listening and observation as important elements in their activity. If sales marketing and advertising communication people do the same, there is a greater chance of resources being well spent in marketing and a greater probability of results coming out of the plan speedily and effectively. Copyright © 2013, All rights reserved. Jagdeep Kapoor can be contacted at jk@samsika.com

MUMBAI | MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2013

« STRAIGHT TALK ROOP KARNANI

is a Senior Journalist, Author and Industry Analyst

Wrong Signals, Again!

his Government just doesn’t seem to learn or should I say 10, Janpath needs a crash course in governance. First it was the mishandling of 2G scam, then Vodafone retro tax amongst umpteen numbers of examples. In the last four years this government has shown incapability in correctly handling situations. The PM once acclaimed as a renowned economist and architect of liberalization has brought upon himself and the country a situation where while we are sitting on one of the world’s largest coal reserves, we continue to import coal at a time when the CAD needs to be sustainability under control and not temporarily under control. The same PM who liberalized the Indian economy in 1991, is now, a decade later taking it back to the license raj.He has overseen a government which is blatantly corrupt and what’s more he has allowed a systemic rot to set into decision making up to a point where decisions are just not being made even by him. Because he has allowed adhocism to prevail against his own better judgment, he is badly cornered. The end result is that the country is suffering. He is sending out all wrong signals not only to foreign investors, but to Indian Industry as well. Most major industry houses are investing their top dollars not in India but in other Asian countries, Africa, and some in UK, Europe and USA. This is already creating job losses in India. The latest fiasco is the CBI FIR against Kumar Mangalam Birla and former Coal Secretary Parakh; both upright and honest guys to the extent that the Indian system allows them to be honest. Now if the powers that be believe that Birla will take it lying down, they should think again. This will only turn into a proxy war between the government and industry in the courts and more importantly it will further discourage investment in the country. We had flourishing sectors at one time like the telecom, Aviation, Real Estate, Auto, etc. One by one all of them are coming down on their knees, thanks to adhocism, crony capitalism and corruption. The Apex Court is still unraveling the Nira Radia tapes which will reveal, if at all things are fully revealed to the nation at large, how deep the rot in the political system was and is even today. Not to say that there are no good guys in the governmen,t but they are few and their voices are being drowned. Industrial houses and foreign investors say that “let the Government make the policies it wants but policies should be consistent over 20 years. Also a framework needs to be evolved where witch hunting especially of industry to divert attention should be made difficult for politicians irrespective of the government of the day.”

Afternoon Despatch & Courier

Company

ABIRLANUVO ACC

ADANIENT

ADANIPORTS

ADANIPOWER ALBK

AMBUJACEM

ANDHRABANK APOLLOTYRE

MUMBAI | MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2013

F&O SCRIPS WEEKLY SUPPORT AND RESISTANCE LEVELS FOR OCTOBER 21 - 25, 2013 Close

1307

176

173

181

1146

154

BHARTIARTL

195

192

466

449

1161

1136

1212

1287

1060

984

558

556

590

625

522

209

10803

890 280

208

2156 176

2128

2100

157

138

488

276

288

300

264

252

146

150

153

142

357

376

394

338

279

211

417

215

195

9803

347

196

2213

202

10232

264

232

2185

221

11517

269

363

215

11089

890

325

147

10660

326

CIPLA

147

515

CAIRN

CHAMBLFERT

206

150

498

332

CESC

202

156

482

330

CENTURYTEX

158

1089

486

BIOCON CANBK

155

1118

350

BPCL

164

1206

1079

106

357

BHEL

190

1177 37

1155

103

173

BHARATFORG

1383

BANKINDIA BATAINDIA

82 67

2165

BANKNIFTY

BAJAJ-AUTO

BANKBARODA

153

199

ASIANPAINT AXISBANK

1147

198

100

AUROPHARMA

1231

ARVIND

ASHOKLEY

1224

924

372

395

337

343

327

330

278

291

233

256

341

358

420

958

429

374

437

856 327

327

822

319

403

COLPAL

1279

1266

1307

1349

1224

1182

DABUR

170

169

172

175

167

164

CROMPGREAV DENABANK DISHTV

98 50

290

101

284 96 48

282

DIVISLAB

1036

1029

1050

1072

1008

986

DRREDDY

2472

2455

2505

2556

2404

2353

163

444

725

-117

-398

DLF

EXIDEIND

FEDERALBNK

158

130

157

133

141

149

125

117

329

330

335

341

324

319

GODREJIND

282

281

286

292

275

269

GMRINFRA GRASIM GSPL

HAVELLS

HCLTECH HDFC

HDFCBANK HDIL

HEROMOTOCO HEXAWARE HINDALCO

HINDPETRO

HINDUNILVR HINDZINC

IBREALEST ICICIBANK IDBI

IDEA

IDFC IFCI IGL

INDIACEM

INDUSINDBK INFY

2759

706

2752

702

2783

724

85 24

2815

746

153

148

GAIL

181

152

159

172

165

FINANTECH FRL

163

161

144

2720

2688

680

658

790

765

1105

1118

1194

1270

1042

680

672

697

723

646

620

2103

2083

2145

2207

2022

1960

115

114

118

123

110

105

824

132 192

815

131

840

132

865 48

133

130

129

196

132

135

139

128

125

1015

1000

1044

1088

956

912

182

184

187

190

180

177

603

133 63

286

416

607

65 66

100

286

289

412

451

611

68 68

103

292

490

183

190

605

203

965

599

60 61

283

373

177

595

280

334

3333

3322

3381

3441

3262

3203

IOC

201

206

211

196

191

ITC

356

351

365

379

337

323

IOB IRB

JINDALSTEL

50 80

257

50 79

256

260

265

49 76

251

48 73

246

815

804

837

869

771

107

113

120

100

703

LICHSGFIN

206

LUPIN

910

M&M

MARUTI

MCDOWELL-N

MCLEODRUSS

872

885

696 204

862

908

879

1474

1461

284

280

2593

720

215

905

744

226

947

672

883

1540

1422

292

304

269

2644

2712

895

820

1501

2576

648

182

933

913

739

1035

193

921

896

863

2507

778

846

1383 2439

257

MRF

15310

15279

15531

15782

15028

14777

NIFTY

6210

6164

6303

6443

6025

5885

NHPC

NMDC

8409

KTKBANK

KOTAKBANK

412

1094

ONGC

8674

1272

238

9472

1213

251

309

1153

NTPC

325

1173

320

188

JUBLFOOD

322

9206

288

JSWSTEEL

321

8940 286

JPPOWER

139

8910

287

JPASSOCIAT

305

CNXIT

COALINDIA

Company

JISLJALEQS

OFSS

OPTOCIRCUI

ORIENTBANK

132

146

129

146

148

150

144

3288

3323

3218

285

282

153

155

130

100

478

PUNJLLOYD

134

3253

PNB PTC

133

3241

128

POWERGRID

131

291

170

185

137

144

127

129

478

503

299

274

139

128

527

454

429

101

103

402

412

383

RECLTD

188

187

196

204

179

156

124

122

123

392

152

265

125

393 153

142

3183

132

RANBAXY RCOM

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PETRONET PFC

161

116 95

373

147

143

389

328

308

170

RELCAPITAL

353

349

369

RELINFRA

423

419

432

445

405

392

RELIANCE RENUKA

RPOWER SAIL

SBIN

SIEMENS

SRTRANSFIN SSLT

909 19

1756

1606

1556

555

561

580

599

542

523 609

523

517

423

249

248

252

256

163

168

174

191

200

209

321

348

374

620

TITAN UBL

UCOBANK

ULTRACEMCO UNIONBANK UNIPHOS UNITECH

VIJAYABANK VOLTAS WIPRO

YESBANK ZEEL

330

2127

427 237

401

366

182

295

258

232

1993

156

154

161

511

508

349

419

157

250

1975

254

222

241

1973

244

2049

849

245

2364

845 116

419

2259

1556

431

2154

1546

244

181

653

383

191

215

499

642

381

164

204

553

631

TATAMOTORS

TECHM

535

192

229

TCS

196

232

TATASTEEL

1706

TATACOMM

TATAPOWER

824

1656

TATAMTRDVR

861

1673

SYNDIBANK TATAGLOBAL

969

635

TATACHEM

933

SUNPHARMA SUNTV

897

118 18

344 250

1613 879

1670

481

169 415 65

241

215

152

348

174

268

1944 1443 224

819

788

2011

1957

1940

168

148

141

524

541

491

474

128

362

261

909

1499

138 21

381

271

107 17

326 240

307

229

Intraweek Support and Resistance Levels Based on the “Pivotal Point” theory of Techincal Analysis PP Points indicate the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-week.

Afternoon Despatch & Courier

MUMBAI | MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2013

« TOP VIEW

I sincerely hope that in this year which will be the last year of UPA too, that we are able to say that auctioning as a system has started and there is no reason why it can't be done. — Montek Singh Ahluwalia Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission On the auction of coal blocks.

« BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS HDFC SEC CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON SELAN EXPLORATION

Markets Flare On Positive Cues NSE India : CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Monday (October 21, 2013) By Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY:

The Nifty rose substantially on Friday (October 18, 2013) a net 143.50 points (2.37%) and closed at the 6189 point level. The market opened up with a gap at the 6070 points level and that level itself was the low of the session. It then rose steadily throughout the session and registered the day’s high at the 6201 points level at 3.06 p.m. It then declined and turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty remained above its previous close throughout the session, moved in a range of 131 points and closed above the psychologically important 6150 points level. Sentiment was extremely bullish as the Nifty closed at its highest level since November 11, 2010. Amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 49 were gainers, while just 1 stock closed in the red. All the sectoral indices closed in the green. Substantial buying was seen in banking, metal, capital goods and realty stocks. TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) increased 2.97%. This change is small and indicates a moderate participation by investors.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was positive. Amongst all the traded stocks, 824 were gainers, 553 were losers and 69 remained unchanged.

Slow Stochastic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has risen in the over-bought zone. The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator is below the slow D line (negative if it continues).

RSI Indicator: The RSI is above the 60 level and is now rising (positive if it continues).

MACD Indicator: The MACD is above zero and is rising (positive if it continues). It is above its 9-day Average (positive).

ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is above the –DI line and both lines are diverging (positive if it continues). The ADX is rising while the Market Index is rising, which indicates that the present up trend is increasing in strength.

with a positive bias.

Support Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 5692 points level. The next support is at the 5561 points level. Resistance Levels: The immediate main resistance at the 6123 points level was crossed above in the previous session. The next resistance is at the 6223 points level.

Pivot Point Analysis: For intraday traders the support and resistance levels are calculated according to the pivot point theory and are: Pivot point = 6154 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day). Support (1) = 6106. Support (2) = 6023. Resistance (1) = 6237. Resistance (2) = 6284. OUTLOOK FOR TODAY:

On Japanese candlestick patterns the index has formed a long white body candle on higher volumes. In fact, yesterday's candle is almost like a white body Marubozu candle. (A White Marubozu forms when the open equals the low and the close equals the high). This is positive. Further, the index has crossed above a major resistance level at the 6123 points level. It has also risen above the 5 days moving average. The index is now above the 5, 15, 25 and 200 days moving averages and all the four averages are rising and also positively trended. Moreover, the velocity parameters too indicate strength. All these indicate a positive bias and the possibility of a further up move unfolding. Investors are advised to hold long positions.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

MOVING AVERAGES (TREND INDICATORS) The index: Has crossed above its 5-day average (at 6106) Positive. Is above its 15-day average (at 5962) Positive. Is above its 25-day average (at 5940) Positive. Is above its 200-day average (at 5847) Positive. All the four averages are positively trended. Positive.

Overall Market Strength/Weakness: The indicators and oscillators discussed here are indicating a strong market

Disclaimer: Investment recommendations made in ‘ADC’ are for information purposes only and derived from sources that are deemed to be reliable but their accuracy and completeness are not guaranteed. ‘ADC’ or the analyst/writer does not accept any liability for the use of this column for the buying or selling of securities. Readers of this newspaper who buy or sell securities based on the information in this newspaper are solely responsible for their actions. ‘ADC’ and/or its affiliates and/or employees and/or the author, his company or his acquaintances may have interests/ positions, financial or otherwise in the securities mentioned in this newspaper.

CMP: Rs. 296 Target Rs. 332 Valuatio n: At the CMP, the company commands a market cap of roughly Rs.474 crores, the company is largely debt free and has Cash and Net current assets of roughly Rs.130 crores (as on March 2013). This makes the EV of the company as Rs.346.3 crores. With roughly Rs.4550 crores of Cash Flows a year currently, we believe the valuations at 7.5 times yearly cash flows is extremely reasonable and doesn’t take into account the potential of a significant production and cashflow ramp up which exists here. Even excluding the potential reserves from Indrora, Karjisan and Ognaj (not declared by the company so far) and not considering the gas reserves value (not available separately), the stock is very cheap compared to ONGC and Cairn (even accepting size difference). We feel investors could buy the stock at the CMP and on dips to Rs. 245-259 for a target of Rs. 332 in 3-4 quarters. If the company gets approval and starts ramping up production and discloses the balance reserves, the stock price has potential to rise even further towards Rs.431 and beyond over medium term.

NOMURA CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON HDFC BANK

CMP: Rs. 676 Target Rs. 750 Action: Reiterate Buy; TP trimmed to INR750: We continue to like HDFC Bank despite some moderation in its growth trajectory as we expect the bank to continue to deliver a superior RoE and earnings growth profile compared to its peers. Highlights from Q2FY14: growth moderation on cost pressures: HDFCB reported about 20bps sequential drop in NIMs- 12 bps on account of elevated costs on LAF/CRR; rest on adverse mix; while smaller floating book and retail pricing pressure restricted pas through. Owing to these, the bank moderated wholesale growth, while weak demand in auto and timing factor in mortgage buyout impacted retail growth. The bank expects some pullback on NIMs from strong FCNR inflows ($300m so far) and expects pickup in wholesale lending. The bank pro-actively booked INR1.35bn of MTM hit along with INR0.4bn of trading losses. On asset quality, the bank expects continued stress on CV/CE portfolio, although it maintained LLPs at 50bps and provision coverage at 74%. Valuation: HDFCB trades at 3.3x 1-yr fwd ABV. Our TP of INR 750, implies 3.8x 1-yr fwd ABV of INR197 for an adjusted RoE of 21.1%.

FIRST CALL RESEARCH CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON BAJAJ FINSERV

CMP: Rs. 651 Target Rs. 740 Bajaj Finserv reported consolidated revenue of Rs. 13086.10 mn in quarter ending September 30, 2013, as against of Rs. 10078.30 mn in the corresponding period of the previous year which represents growth of 29.84 percent y-o-y. Bajaj Finserv participates in the insurance business through - 74 percent holding in Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Ltd. and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd. and in the lending business through - 61.99 percent holding in Bajaj Finance Ltd. During Q2 FY14, Bajaj Finance total income was increased by 31 percent to Rs. 9640 mn from Rs. 7370 mn in Q2 FY13. Deployments of Bajaj Finance increased by 20 percent to Rs. 51990 mn in Q2 FY14 v/s Rs. 43340 mn in Q2 FY13. Gross written premium of Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company (BAGIC) increased by 17 percent to Rs.11430 mn against Rs. 9760 mn in Q2 FY13. Profit after tax of BAGIC was increased by 45 percent to Rs. 1130 mn in Q2 FY14 from Rs. 780 mn in Q2 FY13. New business premium of Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company (BALIC) of Rs. 6590 mn in Q2 FY14 against of Rs. 6510 mn in Q2 FY13. In a challenging economic environment of slow growth, high inflation and high interest rates, the Company has performed well. Over FY201215E, we expect the company to post a CAGR of 21 percent and 11 percent in its top-line and bottom-line respectively. Hence, we recommend 'BUY' for 'Bajaj FinServ Ltd.' with a target price of Rs 740 on the stock. Please send all business and corporate related mails to business@afternoondc.in

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MANOJ ASWANI

is VP at MyInsurance Club.com

« INSURANCE My daughter is 12 years old. I am planning to have a policy of Marriage Income for her in future when she turns 20. What would you recommend which policy will set me to acquire the capital policy for Marriage Endowment? —Manoj Jain, Chembur So, you have only 8 years to fulfill the plans for your daughter. That is quite a short period of time for return on investment on an Insurance Plan. So, if the Tenure is stringent at 8 years, you must opt for a specific guaranteed return plan or investment but if you have at least 10 years, then you can opt for Insurance. Understand exactly how a child plan works and what you can expect before choosing the right plan. Ideally, you should take a Life Insurance Policy for your daughters and alongside do some Mutual Fund Investment or Bank Recurring Deposits based on your risk appetite to build a corpus because Life Insurance takes care of the investment if something were to happen to you and hence acts as a backup. Typically child plans are taken for 2 purposes, either for maturity at age 18 for higher education or at age 23 for marriage or estate planning, etc. Now, if you are looking to build a corpus at 18 years of age in the near future, then you need to invest in pure investment tools

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since insurance is a long term tool and short term returns would be low as insurance products are front loaded with charges and it takes quite a while to break even. Thus you need to opt for Mutual Funds, Bank Fixed Deposits, Gold, PPF, etc. for short term returns according to your risk appetite. A Child Plan from LIC would be LIC Jeevan Ankur or LIC Komal Jeevan and from SBI would be SBI Life Scholar II Plan if you need Traditional and SBI Life Smart Scholar Plan, if you need ULIP India First Young India Insurance Plan, Tata AIG Life United Ujwal Bhavishya Supreme Plan, etc. are plans that you can consider. You can also opt to choose LIC Jeevan Saral Plan as a pure endowment plan with additional benefits of loyalty for long term accumulation of wealth.

I need a health insurance for my mother in law. She already has osteoporosis. As of now I am considering Apollo Munich for her. Please advise what a good option is for her in the industry and whether it makes sense to take a plan at all? Also, will she get the plan issued if applied? —Naresh Pali, Worli You can apply to any one of the popular health plans for your Mother in Law. Most insurers which do cover pre-existing diseases have a waiting period for 3-4 years. However, it is still worth taking the plan, since you would get coverage for all other ailments other than preexisting conditions from day 1. Hence your doubt of whether it is worth taking or not is answered. Now, the very concept of insurance is that it covers unknown risks and not known ones. However it will still cover all your existing ailments after the certain waiting period is over. Hence all plans that would pre-existing illnesses would do so after a certain period but other ailments are covered from the inception. The plans that you can consider now are: 1. Reliance Healthwise Plan covers all pre-exist-

I have invested Rs 100000 in LIC Wealth Plus Plan about 3 years ago. I have paid 3 years’ premiums and am wondering whether or not to pay the 4th premium due

(The author is Vice President at www.MyInsuranceClub.com, insurance comparison website in India. You may write to him at manoj@myinsuranceclub.com)

« PRODUCT REVIEW: APOLLO MUNICH OPTIMA RESTORE HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN

By Manoj Aswani

Summary Apollo Munich Optima Restore Health Insurance Plan is a Comprehensive Online Health Insurance Plan that provides comprehensive cover for the entire family. This policy can be taken for self, spouse, dependent children and dependent parents. This policy covers all basic hospitalization expenses with the benefit of restoring the initial Basic Sum Assured if it is utilized for claim and upto 100% of Basic Sum Assured as No Claim Bonus is payable in this plan. There are 2 Unique Benefits in this plan: Restore Benef it: The Uniqueness in this plan is that in this plan, the Sum Assured is restored if it is exhausted that can be utilized for a future claim for a different illness is made during the same policy year. Thus, if the Initial Sum Assured gets exhausted, the entire amount is restored back into the plan at no extra cost! Multip lier Benefit: Another Unique Benefit of this plan is that for a claim free year, there is a 50% increase of the Basic Sum Assured as No Claim Bonus and if the consecutive year is also Claim Free then the total No Claim Bonus increases by 100% with a net effect of Double the Basic Sum Assured. This plan provides for regular features like pre-hospitalization, hospitalization and post hospitalization expenses without any cap on charges like doctor’s fees, OT charges, etc. as well as Day Care Treatment, Domiciliary Treatment, Organ Donor costs, etc.

ing diseases after 2 or 4 years of waiting, depending on the plan opted for 2. Max Bupa Heartbeat Individual Plan covers all pre-existing diseases after 4 years of waiting 3. Apollo Munich Easy Health Individual Policy covers all pre-existing diseases after 3 years of waiting. Only remember to mention your previous illness in the proposal form without fail. However, it entirely depends on the underwriting team of the Insurance Company whether or not they would accept a policy with pre-existing illness or not. Since there are no strict or written guidelines it entirely depends on the risk taking capacity of the insurer and varies on a case to case basis. Thus, we cannot tell you from advance which Insurer would and which wouldn't. It depends on their judgement.

next month. What is the future of this plan? —Avinash Singh, Pune LIC Wealth Plus Plan is a good ULIP and like all ULIPs, this one is also front loaded with charges. Although it is not possible for us to specify what the future of this plan is, since it totally depends on the market performance of the fund which you have opted for. If you have taken the plan, there would be some reason why you had purchased the same. It is a good plan and there is no logic to discontinue your ULIP after 3 years. Please understand that you should never stop a ULIP before 10-15 years. The entire purpose gets defeated and then you would crib for not good returns. Please understand ULIP investment should be at least for 15-20 years else you would not get good returns. It breaks even over the costs only after the 7th year from the 10th year onwards for sure. Thus, if you need short term 5 years investment, then you must investment in pure investment products like Mutual Funds, etc. ULIPs are very good if it is continued till a very long time. ULIPs are long term plans and most of the policy charges are charged upfront. Even though the charges are usually low in single premium policies, they are relatively higher than traditional insurance policies. But it is always a better deal to continue the plan till the end to get best returns. If you shift from one ULIP to another only because of low Fund Value, let me assure you that you would have the same concern there, irrespective of the plan you opt for. If you had taken the policy from a long-term perspective then you should wait till the end of the policy term because once the markets start performing, your policy fund value will also go up. Do not panic or worry much if the value is not looking good currently.

A Comprehensive Plan With Two Unique Benefits

Eligibility conditions Sum Assured (in Rs.)

Policy Term (in years)

Premium Payment Term (in years)

Entry Age of Life Insured (in years) Entry Age of Child (in years)

Age at Maturity (in years)

Payment modes

Min.

Max.

3,00,000

15,00,000 1 or 2

Equal to Policy Term 18

91 days

Lifelong

Only Annual

Key Features Restoration of the entire Sum Insured if used in the middle of the year at no additional cost No claim bonus increases the insurance cover by 50% for one claim free year and

then 100% for the consecutive claim free year Lifelong renewal to stay insured forever No sub-limits on hospital room rent or co-pay required No loading on renewal premiums if a claim is made Cashless treatment across 4000 hospitals in more than 800 cities Wide cover for treatment against illnesses and accident

Benefits Cashless Hospitalization Policy Term options of 1 or 2 years with a 7.5% Discount on 2 year policy terms Tax benefit on premiums paid under Section 80D of the Income Tax Act, 1961 Free look period of 15 days from the receipt of policy documents No caps/limits on doctor/surgery fees, operation theatre, room rent and intensive care unit 7.5% Discount on 2 year policy terms and more There is No claim based loading in this plan Quick turnaround time with 90% of preauthorization is done within 2 hours of intimation or hospitalization Easy upgrade: This health plan also comes

with an easy upgrade option on policy renewal Death Benefit – There in no Death Benefit in this plan. Maturity Benefit – This plan being a pure Health Insurance Plan has no Maturity Benefit as well. Income Tax Benefit – Health Insurance Premiums paid up to Rs. 15,000 for normal residents and Rs 20,000 for Senior Citizen are allowed as a deduction from the taxable income each year under section 80D Benefits Payable 1. In-patient care 2. Day care treatment 3. Pre and Post hospitalization 4. Ambulance charges 5. Organ Donor Cover 6. Domiciliary Hospitalization 7. Restore of Sum Assured 8. Multiplier Benefit 9. Treatment anywhere in the country Surrender Policy No surrender benefits

Loan Loan facility is not available under this policy.

India to take 2nd N-sub on lease from Russia

Afternoon Despatch & Courier

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A proposal in this regard was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Security headed by the Prime Minister in its recent meeting. The deal is expected to cost India more than Rs 6,000 crore, highly-placed government sources told PTI. The Indian Navy is already operating one Akula II Class nuclear submarine-Nerpa. The over 8,000-tonne warship was inducted in April last year at the Visakhapatnam-based Eastern Naval Command and renamed 'INS Chakra'. Under the project, India is planning to finance the construction of an old

Akula Class submarine 'Irbis' in Russia, which could not be completed during the 1990s due to the lack of funds after the break up of the erstwhile USSR. The two countries have been holding negotiations in this regard for quite some time and they were concluded recently. The construction of the submarine is expected to take at least three to four years. India's submarine fleet, which is getting old, suffered a huge blow after the sinking of the INS Sindhurakshak at the Mumbai harbour, killing all the 18 PM Manmohan Singh reviews the Guard of Honour, upon his arrival at the people on-board. Government Airport Vnukovo-2 outside Moscow, in Russia on Sunday. PTI

EW DELHI: Faced with a depleting fleet of submarines, India is expected to acquire on lease a nuclear submarine from Russia, a deal for which may be finalised during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit there starting on Sunday. The move to acquire the second nuclear submarine from Russia comes two months after the Navy's frontline Russian- origin Kilo Class INS Sindhurakshak submarine sank at the Mumbai harbour after an explosion suspected to have occurred in its torpedo section.

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7,000 homeless find place on voters’ list EW DELHI: Efforts by Election Commission to include citizens from the marginalised sections on electoral roll have started showing results, reports PTI. Beginning with a meagre figure of only 62 such voters on its list a year back, the EC has been able to enrol over 7,000 homeless people in the city so far. But senior EC officials said their job did not end with just getting the voters enrolled, as they would now have to ensure that those people actually exercise their franchise. "Homeless people have been a thrust area for us. When we started, we had just 62 people on the electoral rolls. "We started a big drive and, with the collaboration of NGOs, have been able to enrol more than 7,000 homeless so far... Our drive will continue in the coming days," said Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer, Vijay Dev. "We want to ensure that through our motivational

measures, all of them (homeless voters) come and vote this time as their participation would make our democracy stronger," Dev added. The senior official put the number of homeless in Delhi at over 25,000. Field surveys are being conducted for enrolling more homeless people on the voter's list, he added. "In fact, we have collaborated with former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi, who works for the homeless, organising camps and shelters," he said. EC guidelines say that a booth level officer will visit the spot where a homeless person states he resides on three occasions; if the person is found there, then it becomes his/ her address, be it under a flyover or any spot in the city. However, when it comes to enrolling transgenders, or ‘others’ as they are referred to on electoral rolls, EC has not been able to achieve much success. So far, just a little over 550 of these voters have been

mentioned on electoral rolls. According to EC officials, there are many "practical problems" confronting them. "There is a problem that many of them do not want to get themselves identified or register as either male or female. "We cannot sit in judgement (on the issue) and gender is mentioned on the basis of their self-declaration," said a senior official. Another difficulty arises when a person, who was previously registered as either male or female, comes to us with a request to change the gender as mentioned on the electoral roll, the official said. Officials added that although the number of voters registered in the "others" category was few, many of these voters might be on the rolls as either male or female. EC was ready to organise a camp at any place where a group of transgender persons are interested to get themselves enrolled, Dev said.

EW DELHI: Accusing Congress of failure on all fronts, some former associates of ailing socialist leader George Fernandes are working towards building an alliance of BJP and other non-Congress parties. Shambhu Shrivastava, a former JD(U) leader, said political activists and leaders committed to the socialist ideals of Fernandes will come together under the banner of Samata Manch, which was launched recently, to re-emphasise the "historic significance of non-Congressism in the contemporary context". About 300 delegates, including a number of erstwhile Samata Party leaders, are expected to participate at

a convention here on October 23 on "Current National Scenario and Alternative", Shrivastava, the manch's convener, said. Former BJP president Nitin Gadkari will be the guest of honour on the occasion, he said. Among the other Manch leaders to address the gathering are former MP Brahmanand Mandal, former Manipur Chief Minister R B Koijam, former Madhya Pradesh chief of Samata Party Ram Babu Aggarwal, socialist thinker K K Tripathi and former Gujarat minister Parvin Singh Jadeja. Suspended JD(U) MP Jai Narayan Nishad, who has supported Narendra Modi's

prime ministerial bid, will also be present, he said. "This national convention will consider a resolution on crisis of confidence engulfing India and detailing Congress' failures on economic and foreign policy front as well as ruling party's continuing attack on democratic institutions and constitutional bodies like CAG and JPC, devaluation of the PM's office apart from politicisation of IB and misuse of CBI," Shrivastava said. It will draw up a road map for broad mobilisation of all non-Congress forces including BJP, regional leaders and socialists to take the country out of the present crisis and mess, he said. PTI

WEDDING BLISS... Muslim brides show their hands decorated with henna paste as they wait for the start of a mass marriage ceremony in Ahmedabad on Sunday.

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MAN ON A MISSION… Former president APJ Abdul Kalam monitors the equipment inside the vehicle for India-wide Mission on Wheels, created to spread awareness on quality healthcare through affordable and accessible innovations, in New Delhi on Sunday.

ACT OF VALOR

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TODAY’S BEST VIEWING

An unprecedented blend of real-life heroism and original filmmaking, Act of Valor stars a group of active-duty Navy SEALs in a powerful story of contemporary global anti-terrorism. Inspired by true events, the film combines stunning combat sequences, up-to-the minute battlefield technology and heart-pumping emotion for the ultimate action adventure. Act of Valor takes audiences deep into the secretive world of the most elite, highly trained group of warriors in the modern world. When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plot against the U.S., a team of SEALs is dispatched on a worldwide manhunt. As the valiant men of Bandito Platoon race to stop a coordinated attack that could kill and wound thousands of American civilians, they must balance their commitment to country, team and their families back home. Each time they accomplish their mission, a new piece of intelligence reveals another shocking twist to the deadly terror plot, which. HBO, 9 p.m.

SOAPS & SERIALS

KHETA HAI DIL.. JEE LE ZARA

Dv tells Dilshad that he will make sure Saachi feels the same love he does. Dilshad asks him how he is going to do that when she doesn’t even want to be in the same room as him. DV says that’s what he is going to achieve. Catch her alone as much as he can so she can know how much they feel for each other. Dv arrives at the Prabhu household the next day. He explains to everyone that he has decided to make halwa and needs a recipe. Nani says Saachi makes the best halwa so he should leasrn it from her. Saachi refuses initially but Aaji and others insist. DV and Saachi are in the kitchen making halwa. Dv pesters Saachi about what her answer is… He keeps asking her about her feelings. Saachi through her clenched teeth and a fake smile keeps thwarting his advances. Sony T V, 9.30 p.m.

NEW GIRL

It’s Winston’s birthday and he wants a party. Schmidt is still seeing Elizabeth and wondering where it will lead. Jess’s father comes to town for Cece’s wedding, and Nick & Jess try to hide their relationship. Jess has a job interview. Star Worl d, 8 p.m .

AUSTIN STEVEN’S ADVENTURE

Austin is on a mission to seek out some of the deadliest animals in precariously formidable terrains. On each episode of AUSTIN STEVEN’S ADVENTURES, Austin sets out in search of the deadliest, most venomous and rare beasts. Whether he’s tracking wild hyenas in the Ethiopian highlands, coming face-to-face with deadly snakes, or fishing with Grizzly bears, Austin doeasnt stop at nothing to get close enough for that perfect shot. An imal Planet, 9 p.m.

WORLD’S TOP 5

Each episode of WORLD’S TOP 5 will focus on a different example of extreme engineering. Taking the viewer around the world in search of mankind’s greatest achievements, it will reveal the WORLD’S TOP 5 examples of each category. Discover y, 8 p.m .

SAATH NIBHANA SAATHIYA

Rashi goes to the chawl with her kids after having a heated up fight with Jigar. Koki decides to go to the chawl and get back Rashi but Urmi’s demand of money for Rashi and her kids enrage her. She decides not to go and get Rashi back and declares that Rashi can come back if she wants but no one will convince

POLICE STORY 2

Kheta Hai Dil....Sony TV, 9.30 p.m.

her to return. Gopi makes Koki and other family members realize that the family is incomplete without Rashi. Will Koki Gopi be able to reunite their family? Will they be able to bridge the gap between Rashi & Jigar? Star Plus, 7 p.m .

THE GADGET SHOW

THE GADGET SHOW on Discovery Science reviews all the latest and future technology to give the viewers an insight into tomorrow’s gadgets today. Follow the Gadget Show team of experts as they test a variety of consumer products in its own unique style, making them entertaining and accessible to the viewer. D iscovery Science, 9 p.m.

SANSKAAR… DHAROHAR APNON KI

In tonight’s episode we will see, Dhara reaches home panting as Paritosh has been chasing her. Just when she tries to close the door, a hand comes in between and she starts screaming. She thinks its Paritosh but it turns out to be jai. Further, Paritosh clicks Jai and Dhara together and plans to assassinate their character. Now what will happen next? Colors, 7 p.m.

DO DIL EK JAAN

Amidst the dandiya celebration in the chawl, Raghu & Antara are in a different zone all together. Antara is trying to console Raghu. Further Raghu & Antara end up in a romantic kiss which Satya sees. What will Satya do now? Li fe Ok, 9 p.m.

MOVIES OF THE DAY

The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge. Starring Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Kwok-Hung Lam. Star Movi es, 9 p.m .

MUMBAI KI KIRAN BEDI

Honest constable (played by Srinivasamurthy) names his daughter as Kiran Bedi and sacrifices extremely to bring her up as IPS officer. Kiran Bedi (Malashri) shows exemplary courage and intelligence and she is a nightmare for anti social elements like Bhoopathy, Mobile Nachappa, D’Souza, Naga, Vickey, Muni and others who are controlling the government. All the 224 MLA’s of Karnataka and 29 MP’s are under my feat says Bhoopathy to Kiran Bedi who chalks out master plan to destabilize the gang. Kiran Bedi is given extraordinary powers yet the crooks are successful in moving her from Bangalore to Bellary. Bhoopathy’s son Vicky dies fighting against Kiran Bedi and therefore Bhoopathy to avenge his son’s death sends his crook and finally, Kiran Bedi wages a futile battle. Fi lmy, 9 p.m.

KARAN ARJUN

Karan Arjun, a story of ultimate patience and absolute belief.Rakhee is the mother of Karan (Salman Khan) &Arjun (Shahrukh Khan), who are killed by the evil Durjan Singh (AmrishPuri) but her belief in goddess Kali, allows Karan &Arjun to be born again. Karan &Arjun are born in the city, away from the village they lived in their previous life. When they grow up they don’t remember anything except the feeling they know each other from somewhere. Will Karan &Arjun recall who they are?, Will they get back to their village to their mother who has been waiting for 20 years? And will they take their revenge against Durjan Singh? Max, 9 p.m.

OUT OF TIME

Afternoon Despatch & Courier

Matt Whitlock, the police chief of Banyan Key a small town near Florida, is separated from his wife, Alex, a police detective based in Florida. Matt's been having an affair with Ann Merai Harrison, a woman who's separated from her husband Chris and who says that she has cancer. When her doctor tells her of a new treatment that's expensive, Matt gives her the nearly half a million dollars that he seized from some drug dealers. When she

Police Story 2, Star Movies, 9 p.m.

turns up dead evidence points to Whitlock. He tries to figure out what's going on but apparently it appears he's been set up. So he has to try and find the money. Pix, 9 p.m.

MAN ABOUT TOWN

A top Hollywood talent agent finds his cushy existence threatened when he discovers that his wife is cheating on him and that his journal has been swiped by a reporter out to bring him down. Starring Ben Affleck, Rebecca Romijn, John Cleese. Zee Studi o, 10.30 p.m.

INDRAJEET

Honest and diligent Police Inspector Indrajeet's life takes a turn for the worse, when he must arrest Din Dayal, who is the father of Shanti, the girl he loves and intends to marry, thus souring their relationship, when she openly defends her father, and as a result Indrajeet is transferred, and Din Dayal's arrest is overturned. Years later, Indrajeet has retired and is now looking after his adopted daughter, Neelu. Neelu loves Vijay, and Indrajeet arranges their marriage, only to have the couple killed by his enemies. Since the police are of no help, he decides to avenge their deaths on his own, and then he finds out that as one of the assailants is Ajit, the younger brother of Shanti. B4U, 9 p.m .

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STAR PLUS

P.M. 2.00 Ek Nanad Ki Khushiyon Ki Chaabi..Meri Bhabhi 2.30 Iss Pyar Ko Kya Naam Doon.. 3.00 Pyar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha 3.30 Ek Ghar Banaunga 4.00 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 4.30 Diya aur Bati Hum 5.00 Ek Veer Ki ArdaasVeera 5.30 Mahabharat 6.00 Iss Pyar Ko Kya Naam Doon-Ek Baar Phir 6.30 Ek Ghar Banaunga 7.00 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 7.30 Saraswati Chandra 8.00 Ek Nanad Ki Khushiyon Ki Chaabi..Meri Bhabhi 8.30 Mahabharat 9.00 Diya Aur Bati Hum 9.30 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hain 10.00 Pyar Ka Dard Hai…. 10.30 Ek Veer Ki Ardaas – Veera 11.00 Mahabharat P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 11.00

7.00 7.30

8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00

10.30 Bade Achhe Lagte Hai 11.00 Crime Patrol Dastak

ZEE TV

P.M. 2.00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se 2.30 Ek Muthi Aasman 3.00 Khelti Hai Zindagi Aankh Micholi 3.30 Pavitra Rishta 4.00 Qubool Hai 4.30 Pavitra Rishta 6.00 Khelti Hai Zindagi Aankh Micholi 6.30 Pavitra Rishta 7.00 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan 7.30 Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke 8.00 Jodha Akbar 8.30 Do dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se 9.00 Pavitra Rishta.

6.30 Aakhir Bahu Bhi Toh Beti Hee Hai 7.00 Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali 7.30 Best of Haunted Nights: Haadsa 8.00 Haunted Nights: Kaun Hai Who? 8.30 Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali 9.00 Aakhir Bahu Bhi Toh Beti… 9.30 Rishton Ke Bhawar Mein Uljhi Niyati 10.00 Haunted Nights 10.30 Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali. 11.00 Aakhir Bahu Bhi toh Beti Hee

SAB TV

P.M. 2.30 Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir 3.00 Taarak Mehta Ka… 5.30 Ball Veer

7.00 Natural Born Hunters 8.00 Gaj Raaj 9.00 Austin Steven’s Adventure 10.00 Animal Planet’s A to Z 11.00 Natural Born Hunters

DISCOVERY

P.M. 2.00 3.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 9.30 10.00 11.00

Extreme Peril Man vs Wild Wild Caribbean No Kitchen Required World’s Top 5 Magic of Science Factory Made The Unexplained Files Man vs Wild

P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.50 5.15

How The Universe Works The Gadget Show Future Weapons Industrial Revelations How It’s Made

SCIENCE

Crazy Ones Castle New Girl Two And A Half Men Masterchief Australia Castle One Tree Hill New Girl Two And A Half Men Masterchief Australia Dexter Castle

ZEE CAFÉ

BIG CBS LOVE

90210 Game Rules of Engagement Dexter X Factor Jamie’s 30 Minutes Meal Rules of Engagement Jamie’s 30 Minutes Meal Game 90210 BNTM Game

SONY TV

P.M. 2.00 Maharana Pratap 2.30 Bade Acha Lagte Hai 3.00 Sanjeev Kapoor Ke Kitchen Ke Khiladi 3.30 Crime Patrol 8.00 Sanjeev Kapoor Ke Kitchen Khiladi 8.30 Amita Ka Amit 9.00 Desh Ki Beti Nandini 9.30 Jee Le Zara 10.00 Maharana Pratap

Do Dil…Ek Jaan, Life Ok, 9 p.m.

9.30 Qubool Hai 10.00 Khelti Hai Zindagi Aankh Micholi 10.30 Punarvivaah 11.00 Jodha Akbar

LIFE OK

P.M. 2.00 Best of Savdhaaan India 7.30 Gustakh Dil 8.00 Devo Ke Dev Mahadev 8.30 Ek Boond Ishq 9.00 Do Dil…Ek Jaan 9.30 The Bachelorette India: Meri Khayalon Ki Mallika 10.30 Savdhaan India

COLORS

P.M. 2.00 Sasural Simar Ka 2.30 Balika Vadhu-Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte 3.00 Madhubala 3.30 Sanskaar Dharohar Apnon Ki 4.00 Bani Ishq da Kalma 4.30 Big Boss Saath 7 6.00 Balika Vadhu 6.30 Bani: Ishq Da Kamla Hai 7.00 Sanskaar: Dharohar Apnon Ki 7.30 Sasural Simar Ka 8.00 Balika Vadhu 8.30 Madhubala 9.00 Bigg Boss Saath 7 10.00 Uttaran 10.30 Bani – Ishq da Kalma 11.00 Balika Vadhu P.M 2.00 2.30 3.00 6.00

SAHARA ONE

Haunted Nights Aakhir Bhau Bhi…. IPS Jhansi: Vijayshanti Rishton Ke Bhawar Mein Uljhi…

Sanskaar: Dharohar Apnon Ki, Colors, 7 p.m.

6.00 Chidiya Ghar 6.30 Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir 7.00 FIR 7.30 Jeanie aur Juhu 8.00 Baal Veer 8.30 Taarak 9.00 Chidiya Ghar 9.30 Jeanie Aur Juju 10.00 Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir 10.30 F I R 11.00 Taarak Mehta

ZEE MARATHI

P.M. 2.00 Tu Tithe Mee 2.30 Ek Lagnachi Tisari Goshat 3.00 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 3.30 Radha Hi Bawri 4.00 Fu Bai Fu 5.00 Tu Thithe Mee 5.30 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 6.00 Ek Lagnachi Tisari Goshat 6.30 Home Minister 7.00 Tu Tithe Mee 7.30 Radha Hi Bawri 8.00 Honnar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 8.30 Mala Sasu Havi 9.00 Eka Lagnachi Tisari Goshat 9.30 Fu Bai Fu 10.30 Radha Hi Bawri 11.00 Honnar Suun Me Hya Gharachi

ANIMAL PLANET

P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 6.00

Gaj Raaj Animal Planet’s A to Z Animal Battlegrounds Big Cat Diary AP Safari River Monsters

DOORDARSHAN

DDI (Main Channel)

P.M. 2.30 News in Marathi 3.00 Katha Sarita 3.30 Daivacha Ha Khel Nirala 4.00 Tiwlya Bawlya 4.10 Bheti Lagi Jiva 4.35 Kashya Andharlya Wata 5.00 News in Marathi 5.05 Atmabhan 5.30 Sata Janmachi Punyai 6.00 Krishi Varta 6.30 AMAM 7.00 News in Marathi. 7.15 Bharat Ek Khoj 8.00 News 8.15 Samachar 8.30 Pavitra Bandhan

MOVIE CHANNELS

STARMOVIES

P.M 1.30 Shanghai Noon 3.30 Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man’s Che 7.00 Bruce Almighty 9.00 Police Story II 11.00 Battle Los Angeles A.M. 7.30 A Family Thanksgiving 9.30 Shanghai Noon

HBO

P.M. 12.35 The Hangover Part II 2.32 Starship Troopers 5.01 American Ninja 2: The Confrontation 6.45 Blue Crush 2 9:00 Act of Valor 11.10 Ong Bak 2: One Man Army A.M. 8.42 CJ7 10.52 American Ninja 2: The Confrontation P.M 1.00 4.00 5.30 6.00 8.15 10.30 A.M. 8.30

STAR WORLD

P.M. 2.00 The Vampire Diaries 3.00 The Ellen Degreneres Show 4.00 Just For Laughs 6.00 The Vampire Diaries 7.00 The Ellen Degeneres 8.00 Friends 9.00 Lost 10.00 The Vampire Diaries 11.00 666 Park Avenue P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.30

LISTING

9.00 Shrikant 9.30 Saraswatichandra 10.00 Bhart Ki Shaan-RumJhum 11.00 N OORIE : Film. Farooque Sheikh, Poonam Dhillon

News in Hindi. News. Sports News Repoter’s Diary Samachar. The News. Samachar. Rajyon Se Samachar. Metro Scan Business Wrap

P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.30 4.30

5.30 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 10.30 11.00

The Gadget Show Antariksh How It’s Made The Gadget Show Combat Countdown The Gadget Show

HISTORY

Baggage Battles Ben Earl People in Motion Inside Guinness World Records Baggage Battles Mega Truckers ICE Road Truckers History Untamed Ancient Aliens Pawn Stars Duck Dynasty How Sex Changed the World

NAT GEOGRAPHIC

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Sudden Death

PIX

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CVO

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SUPER-COP

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The handsome TV star Nakuul Mehta, who plays Aditya Kumar on Pyaar Ka Dard Hain made headlines when he was approached for the celebrity dance reality show Nach Baliye-6. Nakuul and his beau Jankee who were very excited to be on the show will now not be seen on Nach Baliye-6. The reason for their last minute back out is Jankee’s injured knee. This happened when Jankee was returning from her show in Hongkong and fell on the escalator and has been advised eight weeks bed rest. They even shot for the promo but had to back out because of the injury.

AMAN VERMA!

500 episodes

It’s celebration time for the cast and crew of Sony Entertainment Television’s Bade Aache Lagtey Hai team. The show has successfully completed 500 episodes and has received tremendous accolades and a worldwide huge fan following. The show has recently witnessed a leap of nine years where the audiences are introduced to the new generation. What remains the same is their lead couple Ram and Priya being the favorite Jodi of its time. The show has also received numerous awards for its gripping story-line and power packed performances by lead actors Ram Kapoor (Ram) and Sakshi Tanwar (Priya).

Aman Verma, who is popular for his roles in shows like Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and the reality show Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao, speaks about his life and career and the hit show Shapath. By Sandeep Hattangadi

life better after enacting this role? Not exactly, I play a cop for 12 hours What do you think is working in and then I am AmanVerma again. So as long as I am shooting and wearing favour of your show Shapath? The concept of our show works for the uniform, I’m in character but us. Super villains v/s super cops is then I get back to my life. I don’t perfect, especially works for the kids. think one can understand someone’s Now all we need is proper special ef- life without living it wholly. fects and we will do even better. Any interesting fan experience in How do you feel playing a cop? recent times? It’s my job to play whatever role I No, about 10 years ago I had a am given, I give everything my best. huge rage of fans following me, Khulja sim sim and Kyunki Saas I enjoy playing a cop too. It’s fun. bhi kabhi bahu thi were hits and You are reminded of which film ac- wherever I traveled, people tried to meet me and touch me. It’s such tors while doing the role of cop? None, I actually like to play a char- an honour and such a great feeling acter as myself. It’s what I’m doing to be wanted. and inspiring myself. It’s my style, Do you miss doing a typical role in originally done by me. a typical soap? Do you think you understand a cop’s Not really, I don’t know what a typi-

ver felt Aditya Kapoor’s wit and smile was the key to his success or Arjun Kapoor’s strong rugged persona makes him the star we all know? Starting October 21, now get to know them better on an exciting and sensational new show – Genext, the future of Bollywood only on zoOm. Be it the chocolate boy Varun Dhawan or the snazzy but sweet Aliya Bhatt, zoOm gets these young guns of Bollywood talking. Opening up the Pandora’s Box, GenNext is all set to spice up the room with the actors talking about their personal and professional lives in a no-holds barred conversation! Right from their first crush to their first dialogue, from the food they relish to the music that’s made them groove, the school scams to their crazy fans, the show is designed to enthrall every Bollywood buff! That’s not all! The half-anhour show every Monday at 8 pm will also have tit-bits from people closest to these young stars. Get to know all the gossip and mischievous stories from the first episode of the show which will fea-

Mahabharat fan

cal role is. I just want to do my job perfectly and stand out with my character. Any films in the pipeline? I have finished shooting for three short films and am now dubbing. They will be out in another seven to eight months. What kind of roles would you like to do now? I like versatility, as I said it’s an actor’s job to do justice to any role given to him. What appeals to you – TV, films or theatre? All mediums appeal to me; if the role is good I’m sure everything earns good will and success. Aman is surely a cop with a difference!

A starry show

ture none other than the one who took the nation by storm with Paani da raang. Set your date with the wonder boy of Bollywood Ayushman Khuranna this Monday at 8 pm. Did you know this hunk was ridiculed by a cabbie who believed that Ayushman didn’t have what it takes to be an actor in Bollywood! We know of Guru Dakshina that is offered by a disciple to his mentor as a mark of respect. However, Ayushman is the very first disciple who got a Shishya Dakshina from his mentor John Abraham! Catch him reveal all this and a lot more. Hear what his friends, colleagues, brother and director Shoojit Sircar have to say about this talented actor-singer-lyrist! Tune into to Genext, the future of Bollywood on zoOm.

One of Bollywood’s most established and renowned filmmaker, Ashutosh Gowarikar has recently joined the fan club of Star Plus’ Mahabharat. Ashutosh, who is known for his hit films like Lagaan and Jodha Akbar, has penned down a special note to the makers of Mahabharat, “Creatively, the biggest challenge for Star's Mahabharat is to match up with B.R. Chopra saab’s Mahabharat. But that is inevitable. That series back in the 80s really influenced us in every aspect. I’ve been watching the series and feel that this one too might match up with the previous one”.

Tube talk

Actor Mohammad Nazim has become a household name for his perfect portrayal of Aham from the show Saathiya. He says, “Whatever I am today, I totally owe it to Aham. But apart from this I would love to be an anchor one day. I have anchored a show on television during Mother’s Day. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience because I always had this knack of anchoring. People who are close to me know that I have the aptitude to notice people and can mimic them as well. That comes naturally to me.”

Pet fun

Here is time for a sneak peek behind the scenes of Sony Entertainment Television’s popular epic saga Maharana Pratap. The beloved Maharana Pratap aka Faizal Khan doesn’t shy away from having fun in his free time and break. Much unlike the obedient and well-mannered Pratap, Faizal loves pets and often gets mischievous with his Director’s pet dog Jannu on the sets. Now that’s what you call true love.

Vivek Oberoi’s dance with Raavi

Rimmi Srivastav, the child actor who portrays Raavi on BIG MAGIC, had a blast today as she got to do what most kids only dream of doing - hobnobbing with Bollywood star Vivek Oberoi. In a candid gupshup, Vivek was seen matching wits with the little live wire! The pint-sized child star charmed one and all as she made Vivek Oberoi dance to her tunes.

Indian superhero

Cartoon Network, Graphic India and POW! Entertainment have announced a partnership that will bring to life Stan Lee’s first ever Indian superhero. The legendary writer is the co-creator of the world’s most popular superheroes including Spider-Man™, X-Men™, Fantastic Four™, Iron Man™, Hulk™, The Avengers™, and many others. The movie, entitled Chakra: The Invincible, will premiere on Cartoon Network on Saturday, November 30 at 12pm.

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India scores high on RTI framework list I

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ndia shared the second position with Slovenia, in the list of 95 countries after scoring high on legal framework of the Right to Information (RTI). The list also included countries like US and UK. Incidentally, Siberia topped the list prepared by the Centre for Law and Democracy, an international human rights organisation based in Halifax, Canada. While this may provide a huge fillip to the sagging image of the UPA-led government as they were the ones who introduced the RTI Act in the country in 2005, it doesn’t look as if the criticism the Centre has been receiving will end anytime soon. The brouhaha surrounding the amendment of the RTI Act the Centre has been trying to push hard, will not be forgotten so easily. A few months back, the UPA with a majority of other political parties decided to introduce an amendment to the RTI Act keeping political parties out of its ambit. The amendment, which threatens to quash the very basis of the Act, has already been introduced in the Parliament. When introduced, the Bill received flak from all - from the common and RTI activists alike leading to a public outcry forcing the government to hold back the bill. Currently the Bill is lying with the Standing Committee of the Parliament awaiting public consultation on the matter. The report ranking India in second position came out just before the eighth anniversary of the RTI Act which started out in October 2013. Incidentally, it is mostly developing countries that have bagged top spots in the ranking, prepared by CLD which was formed in 2010. The list ranks UK at the 25th position while the US was

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placed on the 42nd place in the list. “National legal frameworks for RTI in countries around the world are constantly changing. As a result of these changes and as a result of our constant and on-going process of monitoring and expert review, several countries have seen their scores rise or fall in the months since the RTI Rating was first launched. This is expected to be an on-going phenomenon,” read the press release by CLD. Criteria on basis of which these rankings were awarded included right of access, scope, requesting procedure, exceptions and refusals, appeals, sanctions and protections and promotional results. While Serbia scored 135 points India and Slovenia bagged 130 points each. But, with the insistence of the government and all other political parties to make amendments in the RTI Act and other changes that the government or the judiciary system had tried to introduce in the RTI Act seems like a step towards curbing the democracy that we so proudly boast about. Last year, in September, the Supreme Court had tried to change the method by which Centre and State Information Commissions are appointed. Among many things, the Supreme Court had ruled that all Commissions must henceforth work in benches of two members each, one of whom will be a “judicial member” defined as a person “having a degree in law, having a judicially trained mind and experience in performing judicial functions.” The Chief Information Commissioner at the Centre must necessarily be a person “who is or has been the Chief Justice of a High Court or a judge of the Supreme Court.” And that the judicial members “shall be” appointed in “consultation with the Chief Justice of India and the Chief Justices of the High Courts of the respective States.” Earlier this year, when the Chief Information Commission had suggested that since the six major political parties of the country are substantially funded by the public fund, it makes the political parties public authority under the Right to Information Act 2005, Section 2(h)(d)(ii). The Act states that any non-government organisation substantially financed, directly or indirectly by funds provided by the appropriate government is a public authority. But to fight against this ruling by the CIC, most political parties got together and decided on the Amendment. Now the amendment bill is pending before the Standing Committee of the Parliament. Last year, the Maharashtra government had made an amendment in the RTI Act limiting the number of words used by a person to ask questions through an RTI application. In a somewhat similar fashion, just earlier this month, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had a government circular issued asking

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The Centre for Law and Democracy list ranks UK at the 25th position while the US was placed on the 42nd place. That said, India has to ensure that right isn’t diluted, writes Gajanan Khergamker

. Just getting a good rank in a report doesn’t mean our legal framework is ‘up to the mark.’ India still has a lot of work to do all Right to Information applicants to mandatorily attach a copy of the affidavit swearing that the applicant is an Indian national. The move which was termed as ‘draconian’ received flak from the general public who felt that the government is trying to dissuade people from filing RTI applications. Reportedly, the circular was sent to all public information officers (PIOs) in the state. But after protests from the public, Parrikar withdrew the circular asking people filing RTI application from submitting notarised affidavit to swear on about them being Indian Nationals. “Any document like an election ID card,

which can prove your nationality can be attached if the PIO (public information officer) asks for it… The officer while listening to me only used the last paragraph about the affidavit and issued the circular,” Parrikar told a section of media while correcting his stand on the issue. It’s not like the information that is being asked by the common man through RTI applications is attended to within a months’ time as the Act suggests. Pendency of appeals and complaints at the Central Information Commission itself stands at over 19,000. Reportedly, more than 50,000 complaints and appeals are still

pending with the Maharashtra Information Commission. Madhya Pradesh Information Commission has not settled even a single case in the past one year. And if that wasn’t bad enough, the state doesn’t even have a commissioner. So, with the problems and hurdles already working against the RTI Act, we don’t really need our political leaders and minsters quashing the whole spirit of RTI Act for their own personal benefits. Just getting a good rank in a report doesn’t mean our legal framework is ‘up to the mark.’ India still has a lot of work to do and a whole lot more to achieve. (With inputs from Prerna Pandey)

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By Santosh Bhartiya

to fight for honour. This is not a journalism of courage, but a jourhis story is the story of the nalism of corruption, brokerage black face of Indian journal- and anti-nationalism. We are using these harsh words ism which perhaps the late Ramnath Goenka, sitting in Para- because if the person currently dise, would never ever like to read perched on the post of mahanayak or know about. A senior journalist (great hero) of journalism begins told me that if Ramnath Goenka moving towards the post of a crimihad been alive today, he would ei- nal and through his friends sitting ther have dismissed his editor and in power, begins earning money if he could now do that, he would and begins using his newspaper to have taken his life. The high, ideal- help traitorous forces, then it beistic standards that Ramnath comes necessary to write about it. Goenka touched were a remarkable This story is also the story of the example of pro-people journalism. hesitation of other newspapers in Through his newspaper he touched Indian journalism. It is the story of such heights in Indian journalism, their dearth of courage and how in which people always held up and the prevailing political atmosphere, quoted as an example. He never al- patriotism and dedication to the lowed the journalism he practised country are kept on one side and to favour arms agents or brokers, how treason and sedition are ascapitalists, or rulers. That is why the sumed as ideals. This story begins when General names of editors of his time shine like gems on the pages of the history VK Singh became the Chief of the Indian Army. There was at this time, of Indian journalism. But what is happening today? a role for arms merchants behind Vivek Goenka is Ramnath Goenka’s every weapon purchase that was successor. If Vivek Goenka is silent made. The lobby connected to after looking at a mockery being weapons would virtually stroll made of the ideals of journalism in around South Block. A few big his English newspaper, it means he names in the country would infludoes not have left in him even an ence the supply of every weapon to iota of Ramnath Goenka’s strength the country’s army. Information

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would reach them from the Ministry of Defence and the Indian Army about the percentage of the Defence Budget allotted for the purchase of weapons, and they would plan accordingly. Since they knew that a war was not about to take place, they supplied substandard weapons to the army. Infact, the army was so enmeshed in this web that everything from Tata trucks, to rifles and ammunition ended up being sub-standard. General VK Singh put his foot down and created rules to make it difficult for arms dealers to carry on their work and make a benefit. When General VK Singh took over, the task before him was to prevent and stop the entry of arms dealers into the Ministry of Defence, and also to keep India’s borders safe from her neighbours. There were entry points into India from borders on three sides: Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh. While some infiltrators and terrorists using these routes were sometimes caught or killed, most managed to enter. Probably, the challenge before General VK Singh was that there should be no attacks and our borders should be under constant monitoring and General VK Singh,

on the advice of the National Security Advisor and orders from the Defence Minister, set up a unit in the Indian Army called the Technical Services Division (TSD) styled on the lines of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). The TSD’s task was the borders of Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh as well as our jawans should not be the direct targets of our neighboring countries or of terrorists. The division however, did not have orders to enter another country and take action. Its responsibility was that if any harmful activity such as infiltration was taking place at or around our border areas, they should be stopped. Due to the steps that General VK Singh had taken, arms dealers were finding it difficult to carry out their work within the Army while on the other hand there was a tremendous fear in Pakistan and China about the TSD that wanted the department to become defunct. In this task, Ramnath Goenka’s newspaper helped the arms dealers and Pakistan and China tremendously. It published news on its front page stating that General VK Singh wanted to end democracy in the country and wanted to replace it

with army rule for which he had given orders for two units to march towards Delhi. This is the outrageous story of the despicable nexus between arms dealers, intelligence agencies in China and Pakistan, and a newspaper which at some period of time was at the top of Indian journalism – a story that has now shamed Indian journalism. Almost all journalists believe that this report is incorrect, but cannot muster up the courage to fiercely oppose the wrong reporting by this newspaper. It is a matter of regret that the report is not about corruption in the Indian Army. This newspaper has not published a report taking up internal events in the army. It is not a story about a conflict of personalities. This report is a disclosure of the procedures adopted to protect the security of fearless Indian Army officers and soldiers. It is a part of a conspiracy to kill officers and soldiers of the Indian Army. Therefore, we strongly oppose this report in Shri Ramnath Goenka’s heir – Vivek Goenka’s – newspaper and we see it as the blackest report in Indian journalism. If one wants to see how a person in becoming a hero of journalism is converted into the category of a hero of crime and how his personality gets transformed into that of a shameless person who supports corruption, then it can be seen by reading the English newspaper being run under the leadership of Ramnath Goenka’s heir, Vivek Goenka. This newspaper does not report against corruption but reports in favour of those who are corrupt. This newspaper describes those who fight corruption as ‘confused’ and makes a hero out of those who are corrupt. If you want to find a report in this newspaper against corruption, you will have to work hard to find it. But against those who are fighting corruption or raising their voice against it, this newspaper seems to be flexing its muscles. This is the dirtiest face of Indian journalism.

A Parliament For Real People, Not Marketing Types centres for decisions. But this October 2 was an October 2 that came as a heap of ashes from the dreams of Gandhiji. The coming October 2 in 2014 will remind us again of how far we have come from Gandhiji’s dreams, or that we came near them by even two steps. There is of course a big group in this country which criticises Gandhiji, but even those people who have always opposed Gandhiji’s Santosh Bhartiya ideology are talking about taking Gandhiji’s name to come to power. ctober 2 has also passed. This Those people have made Gandhiji a October 2 was an October 2 of person of a State: Narendra Modi India’s misery, troubles and disap- from Bapu’s Gujarat. That sounds pointment. October 2 is the birth- odd because today’s Gujarat is not day of a man who not only got India the Gujarat of Bapu, and today’s its Independence, but also saw a country is not the country of Bapu. dream for what the country will be Today, Gujarat is Narendra Modi’s like after Independence. Mahatma and in Narendra Modi’s Gujarat the Gandhi was a ‘complete’ personal- language of publicity is prevalent. ity; therefore he saw a ‘complete’ And in today’s Gujarat, an economy dream. What kind of society Gand- to break villages prevails and in hiji wanted, what kind of Govern- today’s Gujarat an ideology to break ment he wanted, what kind of or damage Gandhiji’s dream can be system he wanted, he has given a seen spread and scattered on all description of it in an unalloyed sides. Narendra Modi is certainly form. Gandhiji wanted to make vil- from Gujarat but Narendra Modi is lages the centres of economy. He not close to Gandhiji from anyalso wanted to make villages the where. Narendra Modi’s complete

ideology, Narendra Modi’s complete language and Narendra Modi’s entire thought stands contrary to Gandhiji. To stand contrary to Gandhiji is not a bad thing. But when we stand against that dream of Gandhiji, where there is no existence for villages, where a big distance is kept from a village-based economy and where work is done against Gandhiji’s principles of coexistence, love and brotherhood, then that strikes and rattles one. Those who run Narendra Modi’s publicity campaign are planning to project Narendra Modi as Gandhiji’s heir. Those people believe that people have now forgotten Gandhiji, have forgotten Gandhiji’s ideology, therefore in the name of Gandhiji, Narendra Modi can ‘run’ in the same manner that Narendra Modi is running in the name of Sardar Patel. Narendra Modi is saying that Sardar Patel is from Gujarat and in doing so is dwarfing Sardar Patel’s nationwide personality stature. Sardar Patel was a great treasure of the country and he dedicated his entire understanding and his entire adroitness to unite the country. Sar-

dar Patel was such a person whom the people of this country had chosen for the Prime Minister’s post in a Constitutional manner. If Mahatma Gandhi had not had extreme love for Jawaharlal Nehru, then Sardar Patel would have become the first Prime Minister of this country. At that time, out of the sixteen States in the country, thirteen States had proposed the name of Sardar Patel and out of the remaining three States too, only one had proposed the name of Jawaharlalji. But Gandhiji had ordered Sardar Patel to remove his name from candidature and Sardar Patel obeyed and complied with Gandhiji’s order. Only Narendra Modi and no one else can perform the miracle or wonder of making Sardar Patel who was enriched with such a great personality into just ‘Gujarat’. Today we are seeing this false miracle with our own eyes. To plan to get iron for Sardar Patel’s statue from all over the country is a plan replete with foolishness. If Sardar Patel’s statue was to be made taller than the Statue of Liberty, then the plan for it could have been made twelve years ago. To make Sardar

Patel an emotive election issue is to do injustice to Sardar Patel and to play a game with his personality. The BJP’s Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi of the Congress, both should be talked about and what the viewpoint of both is regarding the country should be known. Narendra Modi has so far not given a speech anywhere on what he would do if and when he is Prime Minister. Neither has Rahul Gandhi made clear what he would do if he became the Prime Minister or if his party came to power. Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi are slashing swords in the air and stirring people in the same way as someone stirs others by firing in the air. The game of dividing India into castes and creeds has been going on for quite a while and this time too these two are going by the strategy of dividing India. If both persons detach themselves from their customary manifestos and tell the people what map they have in mind to improve matters in the country then perhaps the country can make a correct assessment about them.

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ENIGMA CODE 642

ACROSS: 1 Limits the jumps (6) 5 Training a nurse to take over would be madness (8) 9 Corpulent guide, terribly weary (8) 10 Not set for United Nations aboutface? (6) 11 Considering holding a party (12) 13 That's you before anyone ever heard of you! (4) 14 Read about the hail making the train stop there? (8) 17 Another needless cut (8) 18 One's case may rest on it (4) 20 Recall something about assembly (12) 23 Against including a large number of stone cutters (6) 24 He suffers from depression (8) 25 Familiar with reds churning in blood vessel (6,2) 26 Colour suitably for a communist lair (6)

DOWN: 2 Nothing can spoil an old poet (4) 3 So quiet, when absent there's a creature missing (9) 4 Bob pursues foxes and turns aside (6) 5 New door nut (unpriced) is being manufactured (5,10) 6 From UN a Maori obtains another country (8) 7 Man having everything with the article? (5) 8 Impertinence causing tears at dinner? (10) 12 Tasty dish, or picture of one? (10) 15 Smelled strong at first? Tough (4-

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Each colour in our code represents a letter. When you have cracked the code you will be able to make up seven words. The clue to first word is given to help you get started. The Clue: Away from the sea?

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SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S ENIGMA CODE GNEISS, ENGINE, ENSIGN, GENIES, SEEING, SEINES, SENSES

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MATH PYRAMID 642 5) 16 Not allowed out except under corresponding cover (8) 19 Your liver's out of sorts, my

precious one (6) 21 Booes musical instruments, perhaps? (5) 22 Only a fish (4)

SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 5 Reconnaissance, 7 Dactyl, 8 Alopecia, 10 Calculated lie, 14 Development area, 17 All for nothing, 22 Espousal, 23 Jerboa, 24 Sporting chance. DOWN: 1 Post-date, 2 En bloc, 3 Assort, 4 Unbend, 5 Reduced fare, 6 In all, 9 Average wage, 11 Unpin, 12 Anent, 13 Lar, 15 Val, 16 Abnormal, 18 Flow of, 19 Resets, 20 Orlon, 21 Hijack.

QUICK CROSS 642

ACROSS: 1 After adjustments (3) 4 Bireme hand (3) 5 Come-ons, often (5) 8 Diva's place, for short (3) 9 Tabloid,e.g. (5) 12 ___ jacket, sailor's coat (3) 13 'Ready, --, go!' (3)

The goal of Math Pyramid is to fill the given pyramid with numbers such that the following three rules are satisfied. 1. A cell value must be sum or difference of the two cells below 2. A row cannot have duplicate numbers 3. A number cannot be less than 1 or more than the grid size

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

DOWN: 1 ___ to worry, it'll be all right (3) 2 Brother, of a sort (3) 3 "My Three Sons" dog (5) 6 -- diem (3) 7 Dance moves (5) 10 ___ red, seethe (3) 11 Sabbath, for some (3)

HIDATO 642

The goal of Hidato is to fill the grid with consecutive numbers that connect horizontally, vertically, or diagonally from first to the last number in the grid. The first and last numbers of a puzzle and a some other numbers are already filled in. FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

MATHDOKU 642

Place numbers into the puzzle cells in such a way that each row and column contains each of the digits from 1 up to the size of the puzzle (4,5 or 6). Like a Sudoku puzzle, no number is repeated in any row or column. Each bold-outlined group of cells contains a hint consisting of a number and one of the mathematical symbols + x - /. The number is the result of applying the mathematical operation represented by the symbol to the digits contained within the domain. The solution to each puzzle is arrived at logically and is unique. FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

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MOON : Moon in Aries till 10.14 a.m./ Mercury retrograde TITHI : 3rd Ahoratri NAKSHATRA : Krittika RASHI : Mesh (Aries) A.L.I. LUCKY COLOUR : Yellow and White LUCKY NUMBER : 3

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: This is the time to lie low and not take any hasty step. A change of job is not a good idea right now. Wait for a year or so. In the business sphere try to complete your present assignments and not invest in any new ventures. Your mate will give you lot of support in these difficult times and you will have the courage to face your adversaries. Youngsters will have good times. BABIES BORN TODAY: Middle stature, compact body, and handsome, with prominent nose and bright eyes. Will be aggressive, gregarious and very independent. Would make a good advisor or consultant rather than take a regular job. Will find routine of any kind boring. Will be fortunate, sensitive and attached to family. Success, fame and happiness are indicated. ARIES (March 21 - April 20): The best of plans can be undone if spoken about prematurely. You must learn to be discreet in matters of strategy and planning. At home things are getting better but you should continue the efforts you have been putting in. Unwind with friends and relatives at a get-together this evening. The single may also come across someone interesting today.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): Financial gains are indicated through earlier projects. Consolidate your position and put away your profits in savings. You are asked to give your opinion for an important issue. Be honest and forthright in your views because that is what people expect of you. In a love tryst take initiative you will not be disappointed. Romance will be rekindled for the married who have been missing out.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): Backlog of work gets cleared and you will soon be in a position to accept new offers of work. The signing of a new contract with a foreign concern may require you to travel more frequently. Speculative trading will bring in extra money. You will be particularly lucky at a game of chance. In a misunderstanding give the other person the benefit of the doubt and begin again. Do not let hurt pride spoil things for you.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): Be direct while presenting your views to avoid misunderstandings. Do not keep things to yourself for it can hamper progress. Share knowledge and information with colleagues. Keep an open mind when discussing new procedures. Do not be possessive about the project you are handling. If you are interested in someone get in touch and be your charming self. You are bound to get a warm response. Possibilities are great.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): You will have a demanding profitable day at work. Those working jointly or in partnership will make rapid progress in their work activities. Some of you will take charge of an important project, which will assure a steady income. Things seem to be moving ahead slowly. A family gathering to celebrate a happy occasion is likely. Those in love will be introducing their beloved to the family.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): It is better to cultivate good relationships with those that you work with. You are generally good at public relation but somehow you are today prone to commit blunders in your dealing with others today. Stop feeling sorry for yourself and wallowing in self pity. You seem have taken on more responsibilities, which is now the cause for stress and anxiety in your life. Things will ease up by evening.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): Financially, your position is quite stable and you should check further investment on fresh projects. Health and domestic affairs too need your attention. There could some news of a loved one that could be distressing. Soon you will get to hear that all is well and things have worked out.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): You may have to cope with a few complications at work. However, you will find solutions to your problems if you make decisions independently. Problems in personal relationships could add to your difficulties. Try to avoid confrontations in marital or love. You may be expecting too much out of your relationship with no effort from yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): You make contacts with a new setup of people with great potential for further growth of work. This gives you opportunity to build new contacts. Work hard without seeking immediate rewards. You will soon receive news of your promotion and increase in salary and other benefits. Do not let outsiders interfere in your love life. You have good relationship that makes others envious and spoil it with gossip and rumors.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): Do not let go of the advantage you are enjoying, also do not get carried away with praise. You may be called upon to help out with a problem at work which is being handled by someone else but is your area of expertise. In a misunderstanding give the other person the benefit of the doubt and begin again. Do not let hurt pride spoil things for you. People make mistakes but not intentionally.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): Your travel for work is favorable. An earlier project brings monetary rewards and praise. A major breakthrough in your work and career is foreseen. Apply your mind with complete attention to grab the opportunity that comes along. A busy schedule disturbs family life. You will get an opportunity to do things you enjoy. New situations could bring into your life a person that becomes a good friend.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): You need to push through new ideas and give individual attention in trying to finish the projects in hand. Keep an affable disposition when with others. Good news from out of the country is likely. You will do very well if you are friendlier and more amenable with others. At a social gathering you may still be anxious about developments at work while participating in the fun and games. Take it easy and enjoy.

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ACROSS: 1 Resembling a rope (4) 4 Capital city of Canada (6) 8 Derisive shout (3) 10 A musical symbol (4) 13 An official summons from a court (8) 14 Natives of the Middle East (7) 15 Apex (6) 17 Self-control (9) 21 A piece of earth (3) 22 Colorful form of the common carp (3) 23 "__ My Party" (3) 26 Guilty person (9) 27 Boris Yeltsin's land? (6) 28 Early Greek astronomer (7) 32 Water ____ : Aquaguard for one (8) 34 Plant seed, meat substitute (4) 35 Reverend, in short (3) 36 ____ in the sky : any one of many stars seen in the night, should we say? (6) 37 ___ a person's name : quotes him as an authority, in a manner of speaking? (4)

DOWN: 1 Fabled birds (4) 2 Song, sonnet or verse (4) 3 A delicate openwork fabric (4) 5 Merchant (6) 6 Boxing great (3) 7 Building extension (6) 9 ___ Majesty : king's title? (3) 11 Popular jeans (5) 12 Area of knowledge, for game (5) 15 Blood vessel (4) 16 Former Yugoslav leader (4) 18 In cricket, bowls the ball with a slow underhand motion (4) 19 Creole vegetable (4) 20 Court (3) 23 Golden calves? (5) 24 Sordid, disreputable or unattractive? (5)

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SUDOKU 1982 Sudoku is a number placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid such several given numbers.To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every digit from 1 to 9 must appear in each of the nine vertical columns, in each of the nine horizontal rows and in each of the nine boxes.

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION

Difficulty Level

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: Q equals P

The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another.

25 Support by placing against something solid or rigid (4,2) 26 Done on purpose (6) 28 For each, or for every (3) 29 A three in cards, dice or dominoes

(4) 30 A lot of time (4) 31 Doesnt go straight; tropical disease (4) 33 A bone; tease (3)

SOLUTION TO SATURDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Ellora, 7 Quantify, 8 Baku, 10 Agatha, 11 Recast, 14 Nez, 16 Crypt, 17 Dyes, 19 Tatty, 21 Sages, 22 Halle, 23 Boys, 26 Adopt, 28 Ayr, 29 Escape, 30 Olefin, 31 Half, 32 Neutrons, 33 Onward. DOWN: 1 Errand, 2 Orates, 3 Aqua, 4 Insects, 5 Vijay, 6 Wyatt, 8 Bane, 9 KHz, 12 Cry, 13 Spiry, 15 Eagle, 18 Yards, 19 Tal, 20 Tee, 21 Satpura, 22 HPA, 23 Bye-law, 24 Orff, 25 Sinned, 26 Aeons, 27 Occur, 28 Ala, 30 Ohso.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 1801 To solve an Irregular Sudoku puzzle, every digit must appear once in: Each of the vertical columns Each of the horizontal rows Each of the regions

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SATURDAY’S SOLUTION

N D Z T E Y S E U J F S J

J F D

R F S J

J F D U

J T

H D J

O M

J F D

E T Z Z T P

O J

R S P J H T T N

J F D T Y U

Q D T Q V D S P N S P N

I P T R

N D M D Y K D F S Y N

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION: Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about

Afternoon WORD MINE

How many words of four or more letters can you make from the letters shown in today’s puzzle? In making a word, each letter may be used once only. Each word must contain the letter at the top of the pyramid. There should be at least one nine letter word. Plurals, foreign words and proper names are not allowed. Today’s ratings: 03 average; 03 good; 05 outstanding. SATURDAY’S SOLUTION: coke, cook, cooker, cork, corker, coworker, crook, fork, frock, rock, rocker, rook, woke, work, worker, WORKFORCE, wreck.

HEATHCLIFF

Saturday’s

DON'T WORRY ISHANT, IT HAPPENS

TO EVERYBODY: FAULKNER

SPORTS

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OHALI: Ishant Sharma bore the brunt of James Faulkner's conscious decision to go after seamers in the third ODI and the game-changing Australian all-rounder offered his sympathies to the Indian spearhead, saying that every bowler has days when he ends up looking "silly out there". Faulkner's 29-ball 64 turned the match on its head Saturday night as Australia chased down 304 with three balls and four wickets to spare. Faulkner particularly targetted Ishant in the 48th over, plundering 30 runs off it which changed the course of the game. Faulkner hit a boundary followed by two huge sixes, then stole a double and to add insult to the injury, once again dispatched Ishant's last two balls for the maximum in that over. Later, he sympathised with Ishant, saying this can happen to any good bowler. "There is always pressure to bowl at that stage. I know that as I have done that a few times for Australia...There are going to be days when you would look silly out there, and that has happened to me a lot of times, don't worry about that," Faulkner said. "But there are also other times when you might bowl a good over and win a game for your team, that's cricket," he added. The seven-match series is right now 2-1 in favour of Australia. Faulkner said after the mauling in the second ODI in Jaipur, the visitors' plan was to target the medium

Australian batsman James Faulkner plays a shot during the third ODI against India. [Inset] Ishant Sharma arrives at the team hotel ahead of the fourth ODI match to be played in Ranchi.

Unfair to axe a player on basis of one-two performances: Dhoni M

OHALI: Despite some dismal performances by a few players, India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni came out strongly in their support, saying that frequent changes might hamper the team in the long run. "It will be unfair that all of a sudden when you lose one or two matches and you want playing eleven bowler to be removed and thrown out of the team by saying he is not good," said Dhoni at the post-match press conference here last night. "It's very important to persist with them, to give them experience because they are the part of the side. They are the most talented people and let's back them," he added. Dhoni defended his decision to entrust struggling pacer Ishant Sharma to bowl the 48th over, which yielded 30 runs to hand the third ODI to Australia from a winning position. "If you see the performances, then you may need to change the whole team. There are some batsmen who have not made runs, there are some bowlers who have gone for runs. If you compare bowlers of the two sides and you feel they (Australians) are better and quick, even they have gone for runs," the skipper pointed out.

pacers when the asking rate was mounting towards the end last night."I didn't feel I could get Ashwin over the long boundary, with his carom balls," Faulkner told a post-match press conference here. "I thought the only way we could win the game is to take on the medium pacers down from the other end and try and take 20 off each over...That was our only chance to be honest," he said. "It was a kick in the guts, the second game in Jaipur. To score 360 and have them chase down the total was really disappointing. We knew we had to bounce back with a good game and now we are 2-1 up in the series. It's going to be a really tough contest for the next four games," he added. Faulkner's unbeaten knock hadsix sixes and two boundaries. Indian skipper M S Dhoni's unbeaten innings of 139, which propelled India to a total of over 300, went in vain thanks to the heroics of Faulkner, whose blistering hits overshadowed another brilliant knock by compatriot Adam Voges (76). Faulkner heaped praise on Voges, saying he played a very good innings. "He batted exceptionally well with mature head and I am happy for him." He also praised Australia's bowling. "I thought through the middle we bowled really well as a group and restricted the boundaries at one stage and I suppose India did the same to us...That's the one-day game there's going to be highs and lows," he explained.

Dhoni made it clear that with regard to the team selection he will speak only to the selectors and not at a press conference. The 32-yearold Dhoni said that the new bowlers waiting in the wings can wait a bit longer. It is often seen that once somebody goes out of the side, tendency is that he is forgotten and people talk about the new bowler. I always feel that people who are in the side should be given the rope, doesn't matter if he is a bowler or a batsman. Once he goes out of the side, the new guy who comes in you again, the principle should be applied," he explained.

India retain same squad for remaining four ODIs against Aus

MOHALI: Pacer Ishant Sharma retained his place despite his struggle for form as India today named an unchanged squad, which played in the first three ODIs, for the remaining four games in the seven-match series against Australia. Under-fire Ishant had a forgettable outing in the third ODI here last night as he gave away 30 runs in one over to tilt the match in Australia's favour, but he still figured in the 15-member squad named by the selectors. Captain Mehandra Singh Dhoni had, however, hinted that Ishant could retain his place when he said he would like to give struggling players a longer rope. Not only Ishant, who has conceded 189 runs for two wickets in the three matches for an economy rate of 7.87, the other two pacers -- Bhuvneshwar Kumar and R Vinay Kumar -- have also been found wanting, especially in the death overs. Though Bhuvneshwar's economy rate of 5.37 is the best among the three pacers, he has taken just one wicket in the three matches while conceding 145 runs. Vinay Kumar has taken five wickets but has given away 191 runs for an economy rate of 7.20. The other pace options in the squad are Mohammed Shami and Jaydev Unadkat, both of whom have not been given a chance in the series yet.

Bopanna, Qureshi's Indo-Pak Express set to flag off again N

EW DELHI: Two years after breaking their highly successful pairing, Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam-ulHaq Qureshi have decided to reunite for the 2014 season. The two last played together in the ATP World Tour Final in London in 2011 and have joined forces for a second stint with the aim of repeating and furthering their past exploits. The duo split in 2011 after the World Tour final in London when Bopanna decided to partner Mahesh Bhupathi due his debut appearance for the 2012 London Olympics. Speaking on renewing his partnership with Aisam, an excited Rohan said, "It's always a delight to partner with an old friend and specially someone with whom I have a great understanding with, on and off the court." "I've always felt that we have a complementary playing style and the experience that we have playing with each other is an added advantage." Bopanna has had quite an eventful year, reaching a career high of third in the ATP Rankings in July post his successful stint at Wimbledon, making a semi-final appearance for the first time with Edouard Roger-Vasselin. Bopanna is currently ranked fifth in the ATP World Rankings.

The Indo-Pak duo enjoyed a blistering run during their partnership which began in 2007. Together, they reached the final of the 2010 US Open, they won the ATP World Tour Master's 1000 title in Paris the next year, and in the process, qualified for the ATP World Tour Final in London in 2011 as they broke into the top 10 in the world rankings. The pair reached their first ATP career doubles final in 2007 at the Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open in Mumbai where they finished runners-up. They had to wait until 2011 to win their first ATP doubles title at the Johannesburg Open. In 2011, the two were awarded with the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian

of the Year Award for their 'Stop War Start Tennis campaign'. They were also nominated as 'Champions for Peace' by the Monaco based organisation Peace and Sport. Aisam's nomination to this league is supported by his choice of partners, such as Amir Hadad of Israel and Rohan Bopanna of India. Aisam first won the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year award along with Amir Hadad in 2002 for their partnership despite protests from their opposing communities. Qureshi has played the entire season with Dutchman Jean JulienRojer. They did not enjoy a very good season apart from a title at Miami Masters.

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Dipika wins Macau Open title N

EW DELHI: Indian squash player Dipika Pallikal notched up a stunning victory against former World number one Rachael Grinham of Australia to clinch the Macau Open title at Macau. The 22-year-old had reached the final defeating Rachael's younger sister Natalie, a former World No.2, currently ranked eighth in the WSA rankings. In the summit clash, Dipika held her nerves in the crucial moments to register a 12-10, 511, 11-7, 11-9 win over Rachael in a 42-minute contest. It is the seventh Women's Squash Association (WSA) title of Dipika's career. "It was a good win. I had trained well for the tournament and I am happy with the victory," said World No.17 Dipika, the first Indian to break into the top-10. "Beating top ranked players gave me a lot of confidence. They are all experienced players on the circuit and It will help me to do well in the future. I am looking forward to many such wins," added the Indian, who had beaten another higher-ranked player, Kasey Brown of Australia, in a New York tournament earlier in the month. She now play in the China Open next week. Meanwhile, top Indian men's player Sourav Ghosal lost 811 11-9 8-11 7-11 to top seed Omar Mosaad in an 81-minute semifinal match. Omar lead the opening game 31, when an injury to Sourav stopped the game temporarily. After a quick treatment, the Indian was back in the court and he soon leveled the score at 6-6. But the in-

Super Safety

BY Anant Bhagwat

any pages have been used by eminent writers to explain” SafetyPlay”. But the subject is so vast one often comes across new examples of safety plays. Consider the following hand, which arose in an international tournament quite a few years ago S- Q J 6 4 3 H- 10 3 2 D- Q 6 C- 4 3 2

BRIDGE S- A 10 8 H- A J 9 8 7 6 5 D- VOID C-A K Q

East is dealer & he opens 1 diamond playing a natural system. You overcall 1 heart & west startles you by jumping to 5 diamonds, which is passed around to you. You persevere with 5 hearts which becomes the final contract. West leads the diamond Jack. After ruffing what do you play? This particular international player, lulled by the security of the long heart suit, lazily cashed the Ace of hearts. When west discarded a small diamond he felt like whipping himself. Now he had to lose 2 hearts & the spade king,

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jury had left him uncomfortable at the court as Omar wrapped up the first set 11-8. Saurav and Omar fought tooth and nail and from 6-6, the Indian surged ahead to 10-8, before winning it 11-9. The pair traded blows in the third all the way to 8-all but an unlucky point at a crucial moment gave the momentum back to Omar, who finished off the next rally to win 11-8. In the next, from 3-all, Omar moved ahead to 9-6 and then with the help of a few brilliant shots, he won the next two points to finally wrap it up. because he had no entry to finesse the spade King even if it was with east. You must realise that you can afford to lose 2 heart tricks if you can avoid the loss of a spade trick. If both the heart honours are with east he is not likely to hold the spade King. On the contrary if west holds both the honours then spade king will be with east. If hearts are breaking 2-1 nothing endangers your contract. The dangerous case is what happened just now. There is a perfect safety play available to insure your contract against this ghastly break. Remember the 1st lesson taught by your coach? “The tricks which you must lose, lose early” so lose a heart trick early by playing low towards 10. When west wins & east shows off, you have a reason to smile. Now that west produces 6points east must have the spade king. You can later enter dummy with 10 of hearts after losing 2 heart tricks, & finesse the spade King. On the contrary if east has both heart honours he will win the 1st heart trick, but you can play a small spade to Queen & force an entry to dummy, In order to finesse the second heart honour. Either way you can limit your losses to 2 tricks. If you have gone down in this silly looking contract you are in good company. The east/west hands were

S- K 9 5 H- VOID D- J 10 9 8 4 2 C- 10 8 7 6

S- 7 2 H- K Q 4 D-A K 7 5 3 C- J 9 5

UMBAI: Second seed Sudhanshu Grover of India and Yang Yanmei of China registered contrasting victories to emerge junior boys’ and girls’champions, respectively, in the US$8,000 Reliance India Junior & Cadet Open, at the NSCI-Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium. India junior No. 2 Grover overcame arch-rival and top seed Abhishek Yadav 11-2, 16-14, 12-10, 4-11, 11-7 in a tight championship round that had its fair share of long and exciting rallies and thrills. Grover surged to a surprise 3-0 lead over the favourite, but not without a sweat as the second and third games stretched into extra points. India junior No. 1 Yadav kept his hopes alive by snatching the fourth game but after leading 8-6 in the fifth Grover held on for a10-7 advantage before sealing the match. After Li Anqi and Sun Xiaotong lost in the junior girls semi-finals and Wang Yuhao fell in the cadet boys semi-finals, Yang Yanmei ensured the Chinese did not go home empty-handed when she beat Sagarika Mukherjee 11-6, 11-2, 114, 14-16, 9-11, 5-11, 12-10 in the most thrilling final of the day. Sub junior national champion Mukherjee was the toast of the day while winning the Cadet girls title, enduring a gruelling 4-3 semi-final win, after trailing 1-3, against Anqi and coming close to beating Yanmei in an enthralling junior girls final after trailing 0-3 and reaching match point at 10-9 in the decider. Siliguri lass Mukherjee initiated a sensational comeback with a delectable combination of attack and defence after trying variations and struggling early in the match. As Mukherjee caught up, Yanmei was under pressure in the latter half of the contest. Mukherjee enjoyed a 75 and 9-7 lead in the decider but Yanmei saved her best for the lastto

Reliance chief honcho Mukesh Ambani with the junior girls’ winners. take away the game and match in a pulsating finish. “Yanmei took that early lead because I was struggling to understand her game. I tried different tactics but it didn’t work. I had nothing to lose at that stage, when I thought I was out, and decided to play freely, irrespective of the outcome of the match,” explain Mukherjee. After halting Wang Yuhao in the semi-finals, Birdie Boro fashioned an exciting 11-8, 11-6, 16-14 win over Arjun Ghosh for the Cadet boys’ title. Earlier, in the face of a Chinese invasion Sagarika Mukherjee made India proud when she overcame Li Anqi in the semi-finals. Mukherjee was down 1-3 and staring at certain defeat when she upped the ante to take Anqi the full distance for a nailbiting 11-7, 5-11, 9-11, 8-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-9 win. Results: Junior boys final: 2-Sudhanshu Grover bt 1-Abhishek Yadav 11-2, 16-14, 12-10, 4-11, 11-7. Semi-finals:

Inter School Chess tournament M

UMBAI: Dr. Prakash Vaze Sports Foundation under The Auspices of Bombay Chess Association, is going to hold the inter school individual championship for fourth Anjali Memorial Rotating Chess Trophy for grade two, fourth,

six, eighth and tenth. The tournament will be played on Saturday and Sunday and the last date for entries is October 24. The event will be held at Maratha Mandal Hall, Mulund. For further details, contact: 9920148806.

Sandeep Yadav, bronze medallist winner at the World Wrestling Championship was felicitated recently by Thakur Vidya Mandir High School’s trustee Rajkumar Singhji Thakur.

Abhishek Yadav bt Lalrin Puia 4-0 (11-5, 11-9, 11-5, 11-8); Sudhanshu Grover bt Utkarsh Gupta 4-0 (12-10, 12-10, 11-8, 11-3). Doubles final: Sameera Kumar/Rohit Rajasekhar bt Abhishek Yadav/Sudhanshu Grover 15-13, 11-6, 11-7. Junior girls final: Yanmei Yang (CHN) bt Sagarika Mukherjee 11-6, 11-2, 11-4, 14-16, 9-11, 5-11, 12-10. Doubles final: Suthirtha Mukherjee/Ayhika Mukherjee bt Manika Batra/Reeth Tennison 11-5, 10-12, 12-10, 11-3. Cadet boys final: Birdie Boro bt Arjun Ghosh 11-8, 11-6, 1614. Semi-Finals: Arjun Ghosh bt Anirban Ghosh 3-1 (11-9, 11-9, 1012, 11-9); Birdie Boro bt Wang Yuhao (CHN) 3-1 (11-5, 11-13, 11-9, 11-7). Doubles final: Arjun Ghosh/Ayush Tayal bt Anirban Ghosh/Birdie Boro 11-8, 4-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9. Cadet girls final: Sagarika Mukherjee bt Sreeja Akula 13-11, 11-13, 11-8, 17-19, 11-9. Doubles final: Sreeja Akula/Harshavardhini Calange bt Shruti Amrute/Naina Jaiswal 12-10, 11-8, 11-4.

MSSA launches Twitter, FB page By A Sports Reporter

UMBAI: With the social media platform getting hugely popular and in order to widen their reach and popularize school sports, the Mumbai School Sports Association will be issuing regular updates and pictures on these two platforms so that students and their schools will be encouraged to participate in MSSA events. “Today most of the children are using Facebook and twitter to socialize. So we thought it’s the best way to get them to discuss about the games they played at MSSA,” said Father Jude, MSSA president. Earlier students used to wait for day’s newspaper, but this MSSA initiative will allow them to see videos after the matches they have played and also help them analyse their match performance. “We will be uploading daily match pictures, videos and also update the pages on forthcoming events. I shall also like to take this opportunity to interact with the children through twitter and would love to know about their experience playing at MSSA, also we would want to get feedback from them,” he added.

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IN BRIEF Fourth day's play also called off

KOCHI: Rain continued to play spoilsport in the Duleep Trophy final between North Zone and South Zone with the fourth and the regulation final day's play also called off due to a wet ground here. Umpires Sanjay Hazare and Suresh Shastri inspected the ground this morning and decided that it was too sluggish to conduct the proceedings. Umpires will decide the use of reserve day based on the conditions today with play scheduled to start 15 minutes early if weather permits. The first and third day's play was also called off without a ball being bowled and with today, a total of 350 overs have been lost due to the bad weather and soggy conditions. "Another day wasted in Kochi due to rain.#duleep trophy final.Time to hit the gym again," tweeted North Zone captain Harbhajan Singh after play was called off.

Tharoor slams KCA after Duleep Trophy final wash out

KOCHI: Union Minister Shashi Tharoor lashed out at Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) after the fourth day of the Duleep Trophy final between North Zone and South Zone was called off due to a wet ground following heavy rain, here. "KCA has brought disgrace to d state w/two major matches washed out. Who benefitted from the Rs. 8 crore spent on drainage system," the Minister said in his tweet. "KCA annual reports list JNI Stadium upgradation expenditure in crores. Since pavilion was already done,wasn't drainage the main expense? "Cricket fans await explanations of what KCA spent on stadium upgradation & drainage. Rains haven't prevented matches on sunny days before," he wrote.

HIL increases salary cap of each franchise by USD 75,000

NEW DELHI: Hockey India League has decided to raise the franchisees' salary cap for the second season of the Hero HIL, scheduled to be held from from January 23 to February 23, by USD 75,000 (Rs 46 Lakh). Hockey India (HI) Secretary General and HIL chairman, Narinder Batra said the Executive Board accepted the request of the franchisees to raise the cap. "After the enormous success of inaugural Hero HIL, our franchise partners requested for an increase in the salary cap," said Batra. The salary cap in the inaugural season was USD 650,000(Rs 3.96 crore) which is now increased to USD 725,000 (Rs 4.42 crore).

BARCA SURRENDER PERFECT START SPORTS

ADRID: Barcelona missed the chance to equal the best ever start to a Spanish league season as they dropped their first points of the campaign in a 0-0 draw at Osasuna. With Lionel Messi starting on the bench, the visitors failed to make the most of their dominance in the first-half with Marc Bartra's wayward header their only serious effort on goal yesterday. Neymar and Cesc Fabregas then passed up great chances to put Barca in front at the beginning of the second period before Messi was finally introduced for the final quarter. However, even the Argentine couldn't open the door as Osasuna stood firm to prevent Barca scoring in the league for the first time since January 2012. "With the performance of the team and the chances we had, normally it would be enough for Barcelona to win but today it wasn't to be," lamented Barca coach Gerardo Martino. "I am very calm with the performance of the team, especially because Osasuna is a team that can cause damage in their stadium and we didn't suffer at all defensively." Martino had decided to hand a surprise start to captain Carles Puyol after seven months out due to knee surgery, but left Messi on the bench as he returned from a

thigh strain. "Obviously, we were trying to win the game when Leo came on, but independent of the result, whether Barcelona were winning or losing, we always saw Leo playing 20-25 minutes," said the coach. Barca's best chance in the first half came from a set-piece when Bartra headed over when com-

Messi from the bench 22 minutes from time in place of Xavi. The Argentine fired a warning shot wide with his first opening 12 minutes from the end, but Barca failed to create another clear sight of goal. A point was enough though to move Martino's men to the top of the table as Atletico Madrid also lost their 100 percent record with a 1-0 defeat at Espanyol. Thibaut Courtois' own goal 10 minutes after the break handed Javier Aguirre's side the three points against his old club to leave Atletico a point adrift of Barca in second place. Real Madrid cut the gap on the leaders to three points ahead of their clash at the Camp Nou next weekend with a routine 2-0 win over Malaga at the Santiago Bernabeu. Gareth Bale made his return to action as a late substitute and won the penalty which Cristiano Ronaldo converted to seal the points after Angel di Maria had given Madrid the lead. It was a Barcelona’s Neymar with an much improved all round perOsasuna player vying for ball. formance from Madrid, who pletely unmarked from Xavi's were only denied a far more comcorner in stoppage time. Neymar fortable margin of victory due to was inches away from finding the a series of wonderful saves by breakthrough nine minutes after Malaga keeper Willy Caballero. the break but couldn't reach "Bale had been kept in reserve from the start due to his lack of Martin Montoya's low cross. Fabregas then blasted over match practice, but Ancelotti beafter being played in perfectly by lieves he will be ready to start on Xavi. With the chances beginning Wednesday in the Champions to arrive, Martino summoned League against Juventus.

Mahindra shows strength to score again in Australia P

HILLIP ISLAND, AUSTRALIA: Mahindra rider Efrén Vázquez showed true racing grit in Australia, fighting back into a big leading group in the closing stages to regain seventh place, giving the only Indian grand prix machine another top ten finish in its first development season. The 27-year-old Spaniard from Bilbao was the fastest man on the track in the closing laps, as his choice of a harder rear tyre began at last to pay dividends. He closed a gap that had been more than four seconds to the leader to rejoin a fearsome leading group, and was starting to gain places. The chequered flag came one lap too early for him to do better than seventh. He was only 1.1 seconds behind the race winner. Vazquez had quali-

Miguel Oliveira of Portugal crashes on turn four during the Moto2 race. fied third, for his first front-row start of the season, and the Mahindra MGP3O’s fifth. The race was a massive disappointment for team-mate Miguel Oliveira (18, from Portu-

gal). Fresh from scoring the white-and-red Mahindra’s maiden top-three podium in Malaysia, Oliveira after a thirdrow start was jostled at the hairpin halfway round the first lap.

Tanvi Lad in Swiss International final

NEW DELHI: Former junior national champion, Tanvi Lad reached her maiden international final when she notched up a thrilling three-game victory over seventh seed Yuka Kusunose of Japan in the women's singles semifinal of the Swiss International Challenge badminton tournament in Yverdon-Ies-Bains, Switzerland today. Sixth seed Tanvi ground down the opponent with long rallies and the game plan worked perfectly for the Mumbai girl who won 16-21, 21-14, 21-19 against Yuka. She set up a summit clash against Beiwen Zhang of USA. Hpwever mixed doubles pair combination of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and K Maneesha and men's doubles pair of Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar lost hard fought encounters.

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Lahiri equals course record, finishes second

MACAU: Anirban Lahiri equalled the course record with a sensational nine-under 62 at the par-71 Macau Golf and Country Club to finish second at the Venetian Macau Open here. Despite a fine show, Lahiri fell three short of the Australian Scott Hend, who won his third title of the season by a commanding three strokes. Lahiri, starting the day four-under for 54 holes, cracked eight birdies, an eagle and dropped just one shot to have a shy at the title. Hend, carrying an overnight four-shot lead over Ernie Els and Siddikur, never allowed anyone to get close.

Meghalaya lift U-17 Boys Subroto Cup title

NEW DELHI: OM Roy Memorial, Shillong (Meghalaya) blanked Magurmari High School, Kokrajhar (Assam) 4-0 to lift the Under-17 Boys' title of the 54th Subroto Cup at the Ambedkar Stadium here. Mebanshan Suting (35th minute) scored for Meghalaya in the closing stages of the first half, while Nongrud Jefforson (46th min), Kynter Lenningston (61st min) and Kurbah Michaelson (69th min) found the net after the break. This is the second time after 1978 that a team from Meghalaya has won the U-17 Boys' title. They had lost in the final in 2011.

Kapur signs off second in a Sumit, Vikash in final 16 ALMAT Y: Olympian Sumit Sangwan nail-biting finish in China (81kg) and Vikash Malik (60kg)

FOSHAN CIT Y, CHINA: Indian golfer Shiv Kapur came within a shot of getting into a play-off but then had to settle for a share of the second place in the Foshan Open on the European Challenge Tour. Kapur, fighting to get his card for the 2014 European Tour picked up Euro 20,617, which brought him from 36th to 19th place, but he still needs to do some work to get into the top-15 to earn the card. Kapur, who won the season's first Challenge Tour event in India, book ended his round with bogeys on the first and 18th but had five other birdies in between in his round of three-under 69.

fought through tough contests to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the World Boxing Championships. Sumit stunned ninth seed Petru Ciobanu of Moldova 2-1, Vikash got the better of Poland's Dawid Michelus by the similar margin. Vikash opened the day for India and registered a win over Michelus. Michelus won the opening round but the Indian came back to win the second.In the final Michelus began to lose the plot and ended up getting warned for head-butting and evasive tactics. That tilted the scales in Vikash's favour, handing him the victory.

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